Postcolonial Theory : : A Critical Introduction / / Leela Gandhi.

A provocative and exemplary introduction to the field of postcolonial studies. Leela Gandhi surveys the entire field of postcolonial studies and outlines the connections beween postcolonial theory and poststructuralism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism. She assesses the contribution of major theo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1998
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. After colonialism
  • 2. Thinking otherwise: a brief intellectual history
  • 3. Postcolonialism and the new humanities
  • 4. Edward Said and his critics
  • 5. Postocolonialism and feminism
  • 6. Imagining Community: the question of nationalism
  • 7. One world: the vision of postnationalism
  • 8. Postcolonial literatures
  • 9. The limits of postcolonial theory
  • Bibliography
  • Index