{"title":"Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoutledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of voices and narratives shaped by colonial and postcolonial experiences. This series delves into the cultural, social, and political landscapes that define postcolonial identity, providing insightful perspectives across literature, history, and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analyses that challenge traditional viewpoints and illuminate the complexities of postcolonial societies. Engaging with themes of power, displacement, and resistance, the collection appeals to those interested in critical theory and the ongoing dialogue between past and present global contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"marxism-postcolonial-theory-and-the-future-of-critique-9781138186118","title":"Marxism, Postcolonial Theory, and the Future of Critique","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing the aesthetic and political concerns of Parry’s oeuvre as a touchstone, \u003cem\u003eMarxism, Postcolonial Theory, and the Future of Critique\u003c\/em\u003e explores new directions for postcolonial studies, Marxist literary criticism, and world literature in the contemporary moment, seeking to re-imagine the field, and alongside it, new possibilities for left critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the first volume of essays focusing on the field-defining intellectual legacy of the literary scholar Benita Parry. As a leading critic of the post-structuralist turn within postcolonial studies, Parry has not only brought Marxism and postcolonial theory into a productive, albeit tense, dialogue, but has reinvigorated the field by bringing critical questions of resistance and struggle to bear on aesthetic forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book’s aim is two-fold: first, to evaluate Parry’s formative influence within postcolonial studies and its interface with Marxist literary criticism, and second, to explore new terrains of scholarship opened up by Parry’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt provides a critical overview of Parry’s key interventions, such as her contributions to colonial discourse theory; her debate with Spivak on subaltern consciousness and representation; her critique of post-apartheid reconciliation and neoliberalism in South Africa; her materialist critique of writers such as Kipling, Conrad, and Salih; her work on liberation theory, resistance, and radical agency; as well as more recent work on the aesthetics of \"peripheral modernity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume contains cutting-edge work on peripheral aesthetics, the world-literary system, critiques of global capitalism and capitalist modernity, and the resurgence of Marxism, communism, and liberation theory by a range of established and new scholars who represent a dissident and new school of thought within postcolonial studies more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt concludes with the first-ever detailed interview with Benita Parry about her activism, political commitments, and her life and work as a scholar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606723674348,"sku":"9781138186118","price":341.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138186118-marxism-postcolonial-theory-and-the-future-of-critique.jpg?v=1778155561"},{"product_id":"what-postcolonial-theory-doesnt-say-9780415857970","title":"What Postcolonial Theory Doesn’t Say","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book reclaims postcolonial theory, addressing persistent limitations in the geographical, disciplinary, and methodological assumptions of its dominant formations. 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