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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450977503321

Autore

Ashcroft Bill <1946-, >

Titolo

Post-colonial transformation / / Bill Ashcroft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-280-32921-1

0-203-17120-9

0-203-12981-4

1-134-55696-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

301.091724

325.3

Soggetti

Decolonization

Globalization

Postcolonialism

Social change

Colonialism & Postcolonialism

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Post-Colonial Transformation; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Resistance; 2 Interpolation; 3 Language; 4 History; 5 Allegory; 6 Place; 7 Habitation; 8 Horizon; 9 Globalization; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control.The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, Post-Colonial Transformation:* demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been* investigates political and literary resistance* examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory, and place* offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in



principles of habita