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Colonial and Postcolonial Literature, 2nd edition

By Elleke Boehmer

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0199253714, 9781435607071, 9780199253715
LCC
PR9080 .B64 2005
Google Books ID
WEO5ZXS_j9YC
Open Library ID
OL22709982M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2750928 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
364\364
Topic
Literature Literary
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the leading critical overview of and historical introduction to colonial and postcolonial literary studies. Highly praised from the time of its first publication for its lucidity, breadth, and insight, the book has itself played a crucial part in founding and shaping this rapidly expanding field. The author, an internationally renowned postcolonial critic, provides a broad contextualizing narrative about the evolution of colonial and postcolonial writing in English. Illuminating close readings of texts by a wide variety of writers--from Kipling and Conrad through to Kincaid, from Ngugi to Noonuccal and Naipaul--explicate key theoretical terms such as "subaltern," "colonial resistance," "writing back," and "hybridity." This revised edition includes new critiques of postcolonial women's writing, an expanded and fully annotated bibliography, and a new chapter and conclusion on postcolonialism exploring keynote debates in the field relating to sexuality, transnationalism, and local resistance.

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