Postcolonialism : a very short introduction / Robert J.C. Young.

By:

Young, Robert, 1950-

Material type:

TextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: 178 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780192801821

Subject(s):

Postcolonialism

DDC classification:

809.93358 21

Contents:

Subaltern knowledge. -- History and power, from below and above. -- Space and land. -- Hybridity. -- Postcolonial feminism. -- Globalization from a postcolonial perspective. -- Translation.

Summary: Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial challenge to western dominance. It explores the history and key debates of postcolonialism, discussing its importance as an historical condition and as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Key concepts and issues are considered, such as the status of aboriginal people, cultural nomadism, Western feminism, the innovative fiction of Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie, and the postcolonial cities of London, Bombay and Cairo. The work of theorists such as Homi Bhabha, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, and Gayatri Spivak is also examined.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.

Subaltern knowledge. -- History and power, from below and above. -- Space and land. -- Hybridity. -- Postcolonial feminism. -- Globalization from a postcolonial perspective. -- Translation.

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial challenge to western dominance. It explores the history and key debates of postcolonialism, discussing its importance as an historical condition and as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Key concepts and issues are considered, such as the status of aboriginal people, cultural nomadism, Western feminism, the innovative fiction of Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie, and the postcolonial cities of London, Bombay and Cairo. The work of theorists such as Homi Bhabha, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, and Gayatri Spivak is also examined.