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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454176403321

Autore

Venn Couze

Titolo

The postcolonial challenge [[electronic resource] ] : towards alternative worlds / / Couze Venn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2006

ISBN

1-4462-3843-1

1-84860-557-9

1-281-79824-X

0-7619-7162-9

9786611798246

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

306

325.3

Soggetti

Postcolonialism

Colonization - Philosophy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Rethinking the Scope of the Postcolonial: Poscoloniality and the 'new world order'; Chapter 2 - Modernity, Modernization and the Postcolonial Present; Chapter 3 - Questions of Identity and Agency; Chapter 4 - Towards a Postcolonial Political Economy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume maps the territory of postcolonial studies, and demonstrates how identity and postcolonialism relate. It also introduces new perspectives in the light of recent geo-political events, and provides a guide to future developments in the subject.