Colonialism/Postcolonialism by Ania Loomba
This volume provides an introduction to the historical dimensions and theoretical concepts associated with colonial and post-colonial discourses. It examines: the ideologies and history of colonialism; the relationship of colonial discourse to literature; challenges to colonialism, surveying anticolonial discourses and recent developments in post-colonial theories and histories; and how sexuality is figured in the texts of colonialism and how contemporary feminist ideas and concepts intersect with those of post-colonialist thought. It includes writings of post-colonial theorists such as Edward Said, Abdul JanMohamed, Homi Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak.Ania Loomba is Catherine Bryson Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. Her recent publications include Shakespeare, Race and Colonialism (2002) and Postcolonial Shakespeares (1998; co-edited with Martin Orkin). She has published widely in the fields of postcolonial studies, South Asian writing, Shakespeare and early modern literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415128094 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415128099 |
| Title | Colonialism/Postcolonialism |
| Author | Ania Loomba |
| Series | The New Critical Idiom |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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