Using the master's tools
Subtitle: resistance and the literature of the African and South-Asian diasporas
By: Anuradha Dingwaney Needham.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: James, C. L. R. 1901- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Aidoo, Ama Ata, 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Rushdie, Salman -- Criticism and interpretation.; Kureishi, Hanif -- Criticism and interpretation.; Cliff, Michelle -- Criticism and interpretation.; English literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.; Literature and society -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.; English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Postcolonialism -- English-speaking countries.; Decolonization in literature.; Ethnic groups in literature.; Imperialism in literature.; Minorities in literature.; Colonies in literature.; Race in literature.
Description: "Through close readings of works by writers C. L. R. James, Salman Rushdie, Ama Ata Aidoo, Michelle Cliff, and Hanif Kureischi, Using the Master's Tools examines instances of textual resistance elaborated within imperial/metropolitan epistemologies and ideologies.

In her analysis, Anuradha Neddham focuses especially on each writer's historical location, personal and political affiliations, presumed audiences, and position on gender as integral contextual determinants of the strategies of textual resistance each deploys."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-170)and index.