Beginning postcolonialism / John McLeod.
2010
PR9080 .M35 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Beginning postcolonialism / John McLeod.
Author
McLeod, John, 1969-
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780719078583 (pbk.)
071907858X (pbk.)
071907858X (pbk.)
Publication Details
Manchester [U.K.] ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 333 p. ; 20 cm.
Call Number
PR9080 .M35 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
820.9/9171241
Summary
This work provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and examines its important critical writings. In particular, it demonstrates how many of the ideas and concepts can be applied when reading texts.
Note
This work provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and examines its important critical writings. In particular, it demonstrates how many of the ideas and concepts can be applied when reading texts.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Beginnings (Manchester, England)
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Table of Contents
1. From 'commonwealth' to 'postcolonial'
2. Reading colonial discourses
3. Nationalist representations
4. The nation in question
5. Re-reading and re-writing English literature
6. Postcolonialism and feminism
7. Diaspora identities
8. The limits of postcolonialism?
2. Reading colonial discourses
3. Nationalist representations
4. The nation in question
5. Re-reading and re-writing English literature
6. Postcolonialism and feminism
7. Diaspora identities
8. The limits of postcolonialism?