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Beyond the Postcolonial

Autor Kenneth A Loparo
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 aug 2012
With the backdrop of new global powers, this volume interrogates the state of writing in English. Strongly interdisciplinary, it challenges the prevailing orthodoxy of postcolonial literary theory. An insistence on fieldwork and linguistics makes this book scene-changing in its approach to understanding and reading emerging literature in English.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230300965
ISBN-10: 0230300960
Pagini: 239
Ilustrații: XI, 239 p.
Dimensiuni: 145 x 218 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:2012 edition
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Being Beyond Methodology and Overview of Findings: Stories as Data? Cameroon: (Fr)Anglophone? Nigeria: Generation 'Y' Uganda: The Power of The Pen Kenya: Rifts Apart Malaysia: Bahasa Manglish(es) Singapore: Mad About Singlish India: Emerging Economy, Emerging Literature Conclusion: Beyond This? References Index

Recenzii

“Throughout the book, the discussion of the representative texts is consistently accompanied by an overview of the literature of the country, the historical backdrop, the various dynamics, which create the condition of postcoloniality, and interviews with writers hailing from the countries where the project was conducted. The lucidity of the style, as well as the author’s profound grasp of the subject matter, helps her convey the ideas intelligently and compellingly … .” (Jamal En-Nehas, Comparative Literature Studies, Vol. 53 (3), 2016)

Notă biografică

EMMA DAWSON VARUGHESE is an independent scholar. She works at the intersection of world literature and cultural studies, drawing on ethnographic research paradigms to conduct her fieldwork. She is author of Reading New India (2013) which explores post-millennial fiction from India, her specialism.