Title: Postcolonial theory
First published: 1998
Description: Postcolonial Theory is a critical introduction to the burgeoning field of postcolonial studies.

Leela Gandhi is the first to clearly map out this field in terms of its wider philosophical and intellectual context, drawing important connections between postcolonial theory and poststructuralism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism. She assesses the contribution of major theorists such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha, and also points to postcolonialism's relationship to earlier thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Mahatma Gandhi.
Subjects: Postcolonialism, Postcolonialisme, Literaturtheorie, Sistemas de governo (história;influências), Entkolonialisierung, Geisteswissenschaften, Theorie, Política (história;teoria), LITERARY CRITICISM, Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Regional Studies, Anthropology, General, Developing & Emerging Countries
LC classification: JV51 .G36 1998