Postcolonialism
Subtitle: a guide for the perplexed
By: Pramod K. Nayar.
Series: Guides for the perplexed
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780826437006; 9780826400468
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Postcolonialism in literature; Postcolonialism; Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Developing countries -- Literatures -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
Description: 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.

Postcolonlalism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural studies since the late 1980s. The term is heavily loaded and has come to mean a wide and often bewildering variety of approaches, methods politics and ideas. Beginning with the historical origins of postcolonial thought in the writings of Gandhi, Cesaire and Fanon, this guide moves on to the articulation Into a critical approach in Edward Sald's work and finally to postcolonialism's multiple forms in contemporary critical thinking including theorists such as Bhabha, Spivak, ArifDirlik and Aijaz Ahmed. Written in jargon-free language and Illustrated with examples from literary and cultural texts, this book addresses the many concerns, forms and specializations of postcolonialism, including gender and sexuality studies, the nations and nationalism space and place, history and politics It explains the key ideas, concepts and approaches in what is arguably the most influential and politically edged critical approach in literary and cultural theory today --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: postcolonial thought; title: Colonial cultures; title: Nation and nationalism; title: Gender and sexuality; title: Space and place; title: Cosmopolitanisms; title: New concerns for the postcolonial.