A Companion to Postcolonial Studies
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A Companion to Postcolonial Studies
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A Companion to Postcolonial Studies
Examines the changes that have occurred in the aftermath of European colonization of the globe from 1492 to 1947. This book presents introductions to the major social and political movements underlying colonization and decolonization, accessible histories of the literature and culture, and separate regions affected by European colonization.
This volume examines the tumultuous changes that have occurred and are still occurring in the aftermath of European colonisation of the globe from 1492 to 1947. Ranging widely over the major themes, regions, theories, and practices of postcolonial study today, the volume presents original essays by the leading proponents of postcolonial study in the Americas, Europe, India, Africa, East and West Asia.
Their contributions provide clear introductions to the major social and political movements underlying colonisation and decolonisation, accessible histories of the literature and culture, separate regions affected by European colonisation, and introductory essays on the major thinkers and intellectual schools that have informed strategies of national liberation worldwide.
A Companion to Postcolonial Studies is unique in providing an incisive summary of the long history and theory of modern European colonisation in local detail and global scale. It will be a necessary reference tool for years to come.
Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
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A Companion to Postcolonial Studies is praised as a significant and ambitious collection of essays. It is seen as highly valuable for upper-division undergraduates and beyond, particularly for those studying the social sciences and humanities.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780631206637
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 October 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Edited by Henry Schwarz
- Edited by Sangeeta Ray
- Edited by Henry Schwarz
- Edited by Sangeeta Ray
- Edited by Henry Schwarz
- Edited by Sangeeta Ray
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 173.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 1080g
Pages: 636
About the Author
Henry Schwarz is Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University, He is author of Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India (1997) and co-editor of Reading the Shape of the World: Toward an International Cultural Studies (1996) and Contributions to Bengal Studies: An International and Interdisciplinary Approach (1998). He has published in literary theory, cultural studies, Indian literature, and English imperialism. He is currently US Regional Editor of Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies.
Sangeeta Ray is currently the Director of the Asian American Studies program at the University of Maryland as well as Associate Professor in the English Department. She has published extensively on feminist postcolonial issues. She is author of En-Gendering India: Woman and Nation in Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives (1999).
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