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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824846503321

Autore

Bignall Simone

Titolo

Postcolonial agency : critique and constructivism / / Simone Bignall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-7486-8854-4

0-7486-7187-0

1-282-74986-2

9786612749865

0-7486-4244-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Plateaus

Disciplina

325.3

Soggetti

Postcolonialism

Philosophy, Modern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Critique. The problem of the negative ; Postcolonial appropriations ; The problem of the actual --- Constructivism. Power/desire ; Subjectivity ; What is 'postcolonial'? --- Postcolonial Agency.

Sommario/riassunto

This book complements and balances the attention given by postcolonial theory to the revitalisation and recognition of the agency of colonised peoples.