Postcolonial Theory and Criticism (Essays and Studies)
Contributors: Laura Chrisman (Editor); Benita Parry (Editor)
Publisher: D.S.Brewer; D.S. Brewer
Published: March 9, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780859915540
Subjects: Colonization & independence; Literary studies: general; Literary theory; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Semiotics & Theory; Colonies And Colonization; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literature: Classics; USA; American - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; Literature: History & Criticism
Description: "Contemporary postcolonial studies represent a controversial area of debate. This collection seeks its historical, social and political realities, rather than ignoring a consideration of material conditions. The contributors look at the oppositional power held and exercised by anti-colonial movements, a neglected topic; address the literary strategies devised by metropolitan writers to contain the insecurities of empire, given that unrest and opposition were integral to British imperialism; contest the charges of nativism and essentialism made by postcolonial critics against liberation writings; and investigate the voices of both inhabitants of post-independence nation states, an those scattered by colonialism itself."--BOOK JACKET.