Otherwise occupied [[electronic resource] ] : pedagogies of alterity and the brahminization of theory / / Dorothy M. Figueira
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Figueira Dorothy Matilda <1955->
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Otherwise occupied [[electronic resource] ] : pedagogies of alterity and the brahminization of theory / / Dorothy M. Figueira
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 801/.950904 |
| Soggetto topico: | Criticism - History - 20th century |
| Multiculturalism | |
| Postmodernism | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-157) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- OTHERWISE OCCUPIED -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CRITICAL BACKGROUND TO POSTSTRUCTURALIST THEORIES AND PEDAGOGIES OF ALTERITY -- 2. MULTICULTURALISM -- SIMULATED BATTLES -- THE INSTITUTIONALIZATIONOF MULTICULTURALISM -- THE METHODOLOGY OF MULTICULTURALISM -- MARKETING THE MARGIN -- MASKING THE METANARRATIVE OF RACE -- 3. POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM AND IDENTITARIAN POLITICS -- DEFINITIONS AND THE SCOPE OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM -- HISTORY AND POSTCOLONIAL SUBJECTIVITY -- THE POSTCOLONIAL CRITIC -- THE REPRESSIVE ALLURE OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM -- 4. THE BRAHMINIZATION OF THEORY:COMMODITY FETISHISM AND FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS -- INTRODUCTION -- POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM'S DISCIPLINARY ROOTS -- COMMODIFYING POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND TYPE-CASTING THE CRITIC -- FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS -- COMMODITY FETISHISM AND BRAHMINIZATION -- 5. THE ROMANCE OF EXILE -- INTRODUCTION -- SPOKESPERSONSHIP -- THE EXILE -- THE NOMAD -- A WAND'RING MINSTREL I,A THING OF SHREDS AND PATCHES -- 6. OCCIDENTALISM -- THEORY CONFRONTS REALITY -- RHETORIC -- THE FALLACI AFFAIR -- FINAL BELIEFS -- 7. GESTURES OF INCLUSION -- INTRODUCTION -- POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION IN INDIA -- AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE UNITED STATES -- COSMETIC ENHANCEMENT -- Conclusion: THE COLLECTING OF THE OTHER -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Ž. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Questions whether current theories and pedagogies of alterity have allowed us truly to engage the Other. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Otherwise occupied |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-7760-6 |
| 1-4356-9544-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827019103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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