A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature

A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature By David Bradshaw(eds.)
2010 | 252 Pages | ISBN: 1405135034 | PDF | 4 MB
Taking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to the present day, this Concise Companion is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of Postcolonial literature and culture. An indispensable guide for anyone seeking an authoritative understanding of the intellectual contexts of Postcolonialism, bringing together 10 original essays from leading international scholars including C. L. Innes and Susan Bassnett Explains the ideas and practises that emerged from the dismantling of European empires Explores the ways in which these ideas and practices influenced the period's keynote concerns, such as race, culture, and identity; literary and cultural translations; and the politics of resistance Chapters cover the fields of identity studies, orality and literacy, nationalisms, feminism, anthropology and cultural criticism, the politics of rewriting, new geographies, publishing and marketing, translation studies. Features a useful Chronology of the period, thorough general bibliography, and guides to further reading Content: Chapter 1 Framing Identities (pages 9-28): David RichardsChapter 2 Orality and Literacy (pages 29-55): G. N. Devy and Duncan BrownChapter 3 The Politics of Rewriting (pages 56-77): C. L. InnesChapter 4 Postcolonial Translations (pages 78-96): Susan BassnettChapter 5 Nation and Nationalisms (pages 97-119): John McLeodChapter 6 Feminism and Womanism (pages 120-140): Nana Wilson?TagoeChapter 7 Cartographies and Visualization (pages 141-161): David HowardChapter 8 Marginality: Representations of Subalternity, Aboriginality and Race (pages 162-181): Stephen MortonChapter 9 Anthropology and Postcolonialism (pages 182-203): Will ReaChapter 10 Publishing Histories (pages 204-228): Gail Low