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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910451724603321 |
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Titolo |
Postcolonial audiences : readers, viewers and reception / / edited by Bethan Benwell, James Procter and Gemma Robinson |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-136-45439-X |
0-203-12616-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; ; 37 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BenwellBethan |
ProcterJames |
RobinsonGemma |
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Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism |
English literature - Developing countries - History and criticism |
Postcolonialism - English-speaking countries |
Postcolonialism - Commonwealth countries |
Intercultural communication |
Postcolonialism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Postcolonial Audiences; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; A Preface: Reflections on The Postcolonial Exotic: Graham Huggan; Introduction: Bethan Benwell, James Procterand Gemma Robinson; Part I: Real Readers/Actual Audiences; 1. The Politics of PostcolonialLaughter: The International Reception of the NewZealand Animated Comedy Series bro'Town: Michelle Keown; 2. "That May Be Where I Come from but That's Not How I Read": Diaspora, Location and Reading Identities: Bethan Benwell, James Procter and Gemma Robinson |
3. "Bollywood" Adolescents: Young Viewers Discuss Class, Representation and Hindi Films: Shakuntala BanajiPart II: Readers and Publishers; 4. Does the North Read the South?: The International Reception of South African Scholarly Texts: Elizabeth Le Roux; 5. William Plomer Reading: The Publisher's Reader at Jonathan Cape: Gail |
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Low; 6. Too Much Rushdie, Not Enough Romance?: The UK Publishing Industry and BME (Black Minority Ethnic) Readership: Claire Squires; Part III: Reading in Representation; 7. Rushdie's Hero as Audience: Interpreting India through Indian Popular Cinema: Florian Stadtler |
8. The "New" India and the Politics of Reading in Pankaj Mishra's Butter Chicken in Ludhiana: Lucienne Loh9. Local and Global Reading Communities in Robert Antoni's My Grandmother's Erotic Folktales: Lucy Evans; Part IV: Reading and Nationalism; 10. Reading Gender and Social Reform in the Indian Social Reformer: Srila Nayak; 11. Reading after Terror: The Reluctant Fundamentalist and First-World Allegory: Neelam Srivastava; 12. "Macaulay's Children": Thomas Babington Macaulay and the Imperialism of Reading in India: Katie Halsey; Part V: Reading and Postcolonial Ethics |
13. Theorising Postcolonial Reception: Writing, Reading and Moral Agency in the Satanic Verses Affair: Daniel Allington14. Reading before the Law: Melville's 'Bartleby' and Asylum Seeker Narratives: David Farrier; 15. Sympathetic Shame in J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace and Diary of a Bad Year: Katherine Hallemeier; 16. Responsible Reading and Cultural Distance: Derek Attridge; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Without readers and audiences, viewers and consumers, the postcolonial would be literally unthinkable. And yet, postcolonial critics have historically neglected the modes of reception and consumption that make up the politics, and pleasures of meaning-making during and after empire. Thus, while recent criticism and theory has made large claims for reading; as an ethical act; as a means of establishing collective, quasi-political consciousness; as identification with difference; as a mode of resistance; and as an impulsion to the public imagination, the reader in postcolonial literary studie |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910133634303321 |
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Titolo |
Viaggi di testi e di libri : libri e lettori a Brescia tra Medioevo e età moderna / / a cura di Valentina Grohovaz |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Libri e biblioteche Viaggi di testi e di libri |
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Disciplina |
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Books - History - 1450-1600 - Brescia - Italy |
Book industries and trade - History - Italy - Brescia |
Private libraries - History - Brescia - Italy |
Education |
Social Sciences |
Book Studies & Arts |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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