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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823127403321

Autore

Ashcroft Bill <1946->

Titolo

Edward Said / / Bill Ashcroft and Pal Ahluwalia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

9780203888070

1-134-02279-4

1-281-79693-X

9786611796938

0-203-88807-3

Edizione

[Revised 2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Routledge critical thinkers

Altri autori (Persone)

AhluwaliaD. P. S (D. Pal S.)

Disciplina

801.95092

801/.95092

Soggetti

Politics and literature

Criticism - Political aspects

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

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; WHY SAID?; KEY IDEAS; 1 WORLDLINESS: THE TEXT; 2 WORLDLINESS: THE CRITIC; 3 ORIENTALISM; 4 CULTURE AS IMPERIALISM; 5 PALESTINE: LOSS AND EMPOWERMENT; 6 SAID'S LATE STYLE; AFTER SAID; FURTHER READING; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of the landmark study Orientalism, a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped the emerging field of post-colonial studies, and for his controversial journalism on the Palestinian political situation.Looking at the context and the impact of Said's scholarship and journalism, this book examines Said's key ideas, including:the significance of 'worldliness', 'amateurism', 'secular criticism', 'affiliation' and 'contrapuntal reading' the place of text and critic in 'the world' knowledge