Title: Postcolonialism : a guide for the perplexed /
Authors: Nayar, Pramod K.
Publisher: Continuum,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Postcolonialism in literature.; Postcolonialism.; Literature, Modern History and criticism Theory, etc.; Developing countries Literatures History and criticism Theory, etc.
Abstract: Ǹayar's close attention to literary figurations, the politics of postcolonial theory and the continued relevance of postcolonial approaches to terrorism, cybercultures and globalization--all carefully Illustrated and evidenced from texts from Africa, Asia, South American and other formerly colonized nations - makes this book at once an indispensable Introduction to the field and a critical evaluation of the literary-political discipline of "postcolonial studies", Professor S. W. Perera, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Contents: Introduction: postcolonial thought -- Colonial cultures -- Nation and nationalism -- Gender and sexuality -- Space and place -- Cosmopolitanisms -- New concerns for the postcolonial.