LEADER 02520oam 2200493I 450 001 9910150338503321 005 20240501155616.0 010 $a1-315-64291-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315642918 035 $a(CKB)3710000000932836 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4741324 035 $a(DLC) 2016039799 035 $a970390419 035 $a(BIP)53260792 035 $a(BIP)53768040 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000932836 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aUtopianism in postcolonial literatures /$fBill Ashcroft 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$a1-138-18778-X 311 08$a1-317-28444-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aUtopia, travel and empire -- Heimat anticipation and postcolonial literatures -- The ambiguous necessity of utopia -- Remembering the future: time and utopia in African literature -- Beyond the nation-state -- Writing and re-writing India -- Borderland heterotopia: Aztla?n and the Chicano nation -- Archipelago of dreams: utopianism in Caribbean literature -- Oceanic hope: utopianism in the Pacific -- Settler colony utopianism. 330 $aPostcolonial Studies is more often found looking back at the past, but in this brand new book, Bill Ashcroft looks to the future and the irrepressible demands of utopia. The concept of utopia - whether playful satire or a serious proposal for an ideal community - is examined in relation to the postcolonial and the communities with which it engages. Studying a very broad range of literature, poetry and art, with chapters focussing on specific regions - Africa, India, Chicano, Caribbean and Pacific - this book is written in a clear and engaging prose which make it accessible to undergraduates as well as academics. This important book speaks to the past and future of postcolonial scholarship. 606 $aUtopias in literature 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 615 0$aUtopias in literature. 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 676 $a809/.93372 700 $aAshcroft$b Bill$f1946-$0175073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150338503321 996 $aUtopianism in postcolonial literatures$91752627 997 $aUNINA