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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798126903321

Titolo

Conversations in Postcolonial Thought [[electronic resource] /] / edited by K. Sian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-137-46356-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages)

Classificazione

LIT000000POL010000SOC031000SOC032000

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Sociology

World politics

Social justice

Human rights

Literature

Literature   

Popular culture - Study and teaching

Gender Studies

Political History

Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

Literature, general

Postcolonial/World Literature

Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Sara Ahmed -- 2. David Theo Goldberg -- 3. Catherine Hall -- 4. Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- 5. Vron Ware -- 6. Ash Amin -- 7. Avtar Brah -- 8. Howard Winant -- 9. Heidi Mirza -- 10. S. Sayyid -- 11. Ronit Lentin -- 12. Paul Gilroy -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering 12 interviews with postcolonial thinkers in the social sciences and humanities, this collection features theorists such as Sara Ahmed and Paul Gilroy. Topics range from Bob Marley to the Black Panthers, Fanon to feminism, and anti-apartheid to the academy, uncovering



thought provoking adventures about resistance and empowerment.