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UNINA9910782546703321 |
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Autore |
Venn Couze |
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The postcolonial challenge : towards alternative worlds / / Couze Venn |
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London : , : SAGE, , 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-4462-3843-1 |
1-84860-557-9 |
1-281-79824-X |
0-7619-7162-9 |
9786611798246 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource ([viii], 219 pages) |
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Collana |
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Theory, culture & society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Postcolonialism |
Civilization, Western - 21st century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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