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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785487603321

Autore

Mullaney Julie

Titolo

Postcolonial literatures in context [[electronic resource] /] / Julie Mullaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-282-87149-8

9786612871498

1-4411-1338-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Texts and contexts

Disciplina

820.99171241

Soggetti

Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism

Postcolonialism in literature

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 (p. 142-151) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Editors' Preface; PART ONE: CONTEXTS; Chapter One: Social and Cultural Contexts; Chapter Two: Literary Contexts; Reading; Research; PART TWO: TEXTS; Chapter Three: Readings of Key Texts; Reading; Research; PART THREE: WIDER CONTEXTS; Chapter Four: Critical Contexts; Chapter Five: Afterlives and Adaptations; Reading; Research; Bibliography; Index; F; R; Y

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an introduction to key issues involved in the study of postcolonial literature including diasporas, postcolonial nationalisms, indigenous identities and politics and globalization. This book also contains a chapter on afterlives and adaptations that explores a range of wider cultural texts including film, non-fiction and art.