Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors
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Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the leading critical overview of and historical introduction to colonial and postcolonial literary studies. Highly praised from the time of its first publication for its lucidity, breadth, and insight, the book has itself played a crucial part in founding and shaping this rapidly expanding field. The author, an internationally renowned postcolonial critic, provides a broad contextualizing narrative about the evolution of colonial and postcolonial writing in English. Illuminating close readings of texts by a wide variety of writers--from Kipling and Conrad through to Kincaid, from Ngugi to Noonuccal and Naipaul--explicate key theoretical terms such as "subaltern," "colonial resistance," "writing back," and "hybridity." This revised edition includes new critiques of postcolonial women's writing, an expanded and fully annotated bibliography, and a new chapter and conclusion on postcolonialism exploring keynote debates in the field relating to sexuality, transnationalism, and local resistance.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199253714
ISBN13:9780199253715
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:364 Pages
Weight:1.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent introduction to postcolonial studies
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Elleke Boehmer's "Colonial And Postcolonial Literature" is an excellent introduction to postcolonial literature/studies/theory. Her exposition of literary and theoretical landmarks in the field should be helpful for all who wish to first look at a snapshot of the field and then proceed to reading in depth. Much has happened since the book first appeared (and there is a second edition which I have not checked) but it still is a very good first introductory volume, as Boehmer writes with remarkable clarity.
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