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An introduction to postcolonialism. It provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and examines many of its important critical writings. In particular, it demonstrates how many of the ideas and concepts in the subject can be usefully applied when reading texts.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #362460 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .92" h x 5.10" w x 7.77" l, .69 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

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From the Author
A place to start
'Beginning Postcolonialism' is designed to help new readers in the field of postcolonial literature and theory make initial progress, although more seasoned readers will also, I hope, find the book of interest. It offers a brief historical account of the emergence of the field, and focuses on some important issues which concern postcolonialism: colonial discourses, nationalism and its critique, re-reading/re-writing the texts of Empire, postcolonialism and feminism, diaspora identities. It concludes with a survey of some of the problematic aspects of theorising postcolonialism, and offers a select but extensive bibliography for further reference. Several of the key thinkers in the field -- Fanon, Senghor, Bhabha, Said, Spivak, Mohanty, Gilroy -- are examined, and each chapter concludes by looking at how we might read literary texts in the light of postcolonial theory (my examples here include Kipling, Ngugi, Achebe, Rhys and Sally Morgan). Throughout the book I have inserted 'Stop and Think' sections which invite readers to make up their own minds concerning the issues we raise. If you have read the book, I would be really interested to learn of your comments (please feel free to e-mail me). Hopefully, 'Beginning Postcolonialism' will be a great place to start your reading in the area, as well as a good reference tool for future use.