Postcolonial Theory is a ground-breaking critical introduction to the burgeoing 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.The book is distinctive in its concern for the specific historical, material, and cultural contexts for postcolonial theory, and in its attempt to sketch out the ethical possibilities for postcolonial theory as a model for living with and knowing cultural difference non-violently.Postcolonial Tehory is a useful starting point for readers new to the field and a provocative account which opens possibilities for debate.
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Excellent...Leela Gandhi displays a very confident command of diverse theories, histories and textual forms, and writes about them in a manner that is both lucid and frequently insightful. Excellent...Leela Gandhi displays a very confident command of diverse theories, histories and textual forms, and writes about them in a manner that is both lucid and frequently insightful.
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Leela Gandhi lectures in the school of English at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She researches the cultural history of the Indo-British colonial encounter, and has published extensively in this area. She is the editor of Shakespeare: New Orientations and The Looking Glass and Other Poems, and coeditor of the journal Postcolonial Studies.
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In 1985 Gayatri Spivak threw a challenge to race and class blindness of the Western academy, asking 'Can the subaltern speak?' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colonial civilising mission, imperial textuality, postcolonial literary theory, colonial aftermath, colonised world, oppositional criticism, postcolonial intellectual, studia humanitatis, postcolonial theory, colonial encounter, postcolonial studies, postcolonial literature, postcolonial critics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Homi Bhabha, Talpade Mohanty, Gayatri Spivak, Ashis Nandy, Saleem Sinai, Aijaz Ahmad, Edward Said, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Said's Orientalism, Salman Rushdie, Sister India, Stuart Hall, The Empire Writes Back, Benita Parry, Arun Mehra, Berlinische Monatschrift, Jane Eyre, Sri Aurobindo, The Satanic Verses, White Masks New!
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In 1985 Gayatri Spivak threw a challenge to race and class blindness of the Western academy, asking 'Can the subaltern speak?' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colonial civilising mission, imperial textuality, postcolonial literary theory, colonial aftermath, colonised world, oppositional criticism, postcolonial intellectual, studia humanitatis, postcolonial theory, colonial encounter, postcolonial studies, postcolonial literature, postcolonial critics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Homi Bhabha, Talpade Mohanty, Gayatri Spivak, Ashis Nandy, Saleem Sinai, Aijaz Ahmad, Edward Said, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Said's Orientalism, Salman Rushdie, Sister India, Stuart Hall, The Empire Writes Back, Benita Parry, Arun Mehra, Berlinische Monatschrift, Jane Eyre, Sri Aurobindo, The Satanic Verses, White Masks New!
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- The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures (New Accents) by Bill Ashcroft on 6 pages
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon on 4 pages
- Edward Said: A Critical Reader by Michael Sprinker on 4 pages
- The Invention of Tradition (Canto) by Eric Hobsbawm in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- About Chinese Women by Julia Kristeva on page 87, page 89, and Back Matter
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