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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877336203321

Titolo

A concise companion to postcolonial literature / / edited by Shirley Chew and David Richards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-4051-3504-2

1-118-83600-6

1-118-69432-5

1-78268-326-7

1-282-38254-3

9786612382543

1-4443-3169-8

1-4443-1787-3

1-4443-1788-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

ChewShirley

RichardsDavid <1953->

Disciplina

809.93358

820.9

Soggetti

Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism

Postcolonialism in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature; Contents; List of Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Framing Identities; 2 Orality and Literacy; 3 The Politics of Rewriting; 4 Postcolonial Translations; 5 Nation and Nationalisms; 6 Feminism and Womanism; 7 Cartographies and Visualization; 8 Marginality: Representations of Subalternity, Aboriginality and Race; 9 Anthropology and Postcolonialism; 10 Publishing Histories; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Taking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to the present day, this concise companion is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of postcolonial literature and culture. An



indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of Postcolonialism, bringing together 10 original essays from leading international scholars including C. L. Innes and Susan BassnettExplains the ideas and practises that emerged from the dismantling of Euro