Baltic postcolonialism / / edited by Violeta Kelertas.
Emerging from the ruins of the former Soviet Union, the literature of the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is analyzed from the fruitful perspective of postcolonialism, a theoretical approach whose application to former second-world countries is in its initial stages. This groundbreaki...
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| Superior document: | On the boundary of two worlds ; 6 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | On the boundary of two worlds ;
6. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (473 pages) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Emerging from the ruins of the former Soviet Union, the literature of the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is analyzed from the fruitful perspective of postcolonialism, a theoretical approach whose application to former second-world countries is in its initial stages. This groundbreaking volume brings scholars working in the West together with those who were previously muffled behind the Iron Curtain. They gauge the impact of colonization on the culture of the Baltic states and demonstrate the relevance of concepts first elaborated by a wide range of critics from Frantz Fanon to |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 940120277X 1423788982 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Violeta Kelertas. |