Cambridge introduction to postcolonial literatures in English
By: C.L. Innes.
Series: Cambridge introductions to literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780521833400; 9780521541015
Subjects: Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism; Postcolonialism in literature; Colonies in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : situating the postcolonial; title: Postcolonial issues in performance; title: Alternative histories and writing back; title: Authorizing the self : postcolonial autobiographical writing; title: Situating the self : landscape and place; title: Appropriating the word : language and voice; title: Narrating the nation : form and genre; title: Rewriting her story : nation and gender; title: Rewriting the nation : acknowledging economic and cultural diversity; title: Transnational and black British writing : colonizing in reverse; title: Citizens of the world : reading postcolonial literature.