SUNY series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies – serie
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Empire and Poetic Voice
Cognitive and Cultural Studies of Literary Tradition and Colonialism
Häftad, 2006
532 kr
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Explores the relation of post-colonization authors to literary traditions.In Empire and Poetic Voice Patrick Colm Hogan draws on a broad and detailed knowledge of Indian, African, and European literary cultures to explore the way colonized writers respond to the subtle and contradictory pressures …
Postcolonial, Queer
Theoretical Intersections
Häftad, 2001
502 kr
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Uses postcolonial theory to critique the globalization of gay culture.These thirteen essays address possible ramifications arising from the globalization of western notions of gay and lesbian identities. Examining postcolonial literature, economics, and psychology from a "queer" perspective leads …
Beyond Dichotomies
Histories, Identities, Cultures, and the Challenge of Globalization
Häftad, 2002
391 kr
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Confronts the cultural challenges of globalization.Beyond Dichotomies examines literary texts, cultural production, and concrete local practices within the context of modernity and globalization by focusing on the ways in which some societies confront the complexity of cultures reflected in new …
Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning
J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison
Av Sam Durrant
Inbunden, 2003
1324 kr
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A cross-cultural analysis of the work of Coetzee, Harris and Morrison, demonstrating that the fundamental task of postcolonial narrative is the work of mourning.Sam Durrant's powerfully original book compares the ways in which the novels of J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison …
Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning
J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison
Av Sam Durrant
Häftad, 2006
663 kr
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A cross-cultural analysis of the work of Coetzee, Harris and Morrison, demonstrating that the fundamental task of postcolonial narrative is the work of mourning.Sam Durrant's powerfully original book compares the ways in which the novels of J. M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison …
Globalization, Cultural Identities, and Media Representations
Av Natascha Gentz, Stefan Kramer
Häftad, 2006
463 kr
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Explores the role of media in the construction of cultural identities.Globalization, Cultural Identities, and Media Representations provides a multidirectional approach for understanding the role of media in constructing cultural identities in a newly globalized media environment. The contributors …
Hybridity
Limits, Transformations, Prospects
Häftad, 2007
363 kr
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Critical reevaluation of the concept of hybridity within postcolonial studies.This critical engagement with some of the most prominent contemporary theorists of postcolonial studies reevaluates recent theories of hybridity and agency. Challenging the claim that hybridity provides a site of …
Colonialism and Cultural Identity
Crises of Tradition in the Anglophone Literatures of India, Africa, and the Caribbean
Inbunden, 2000
1250 kr
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Explores diverse cultural identities, both theoretically and through concrete, specific interpretations of selected major texts from former British colonies.This book examines the diverse responses of colonized people to metropolitan ideas and to indigenous traditions. Going beyond the standard …
Colonialism and Cultural Identity
Crises of Tradition in the Anglophone Literatures of India, Africa, and the Caribbean
Häftad, 2000
486 kr
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Explores diverse cultural identities, both theoretically and through concrete, specific interpretations of selected major texts from former British colonies.This book examines the diverse responses of colonized people to metropolitan ideas and to indigenous traditions. Going beyond the standard …
Textual Traffic
Colonialism, Modernity, and the Economy of the Text
Av S. Shankar
Inbunden, 2001
1250 kr
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Examines travel narratives as a genre.In Textual Traffic, S. Shankar clarifies notions of modernity and postmodernity by lucidly examining their relationship to colonialism. In the process, he challenges current emphases in cultural criticism through an exploration of what it means to regard the …
Textual Traffic
Colonialism, Modernity, and the Economy of the Text
Av S. Shankar
Häftad, 2001
462 kr
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Examines travel narratives as a genre.In Textual Traffic, S. Shankar clarifies notions of modernity and postmodernity by lucidly examining their relationship to colonialism. In the process, he challenges current emphases in cultural criticism through an exploration of what it means to regard the …
Posts and Pasts
A Theory of Postcolonialism
Inbunden, 2001
1250 kr
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Deconstructs the field of postcolonial studies.In Posts and Pasts: A Theory of Postcolonialism, Alfred J. Lopez argues for a formulation of postcolonial studies which diverges in three significant ways from current academic and institutional practices: 1) the postcolonial as diasporic, constituted …
Posts and Pasts
A Theory of Postcolonialism
Häftad, 2001
462 kr
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Deconstructs the field of postcolonial studies.In Posts and Pasts: A Theory of Postcolonialism, Alfred J. Lopez argues for a formulation of postcolonial studies which diverges in three significant ways from current academic and institutional practices: 1) the postcolonial as diasporic, constituted …
Postcolonial, Queer
Theoretical Intersections
Inbunden, 2001
1144 kr
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Uses postcolonial theory to critique the globalization of gay culture.These thirteen essays address possible ramifications arising from the globalization of western notions of gay and lesbian identities. Examining postcolonial literature, economics, and psychology from a "queer" perspective leads …
Relocating Agency
Modernity and African Letters
Inbunden, 2003
1278 kr
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A postmodernist metacritical look at theories of African literature.2003 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Combining a sustained critical engagement of Anglo-American theory with focused close-readings of major African writers, this book performs a long-overdue cross-fertilization of ideas among …
Relocating Agency
Modernity and African Letters
Häftad, 2003
452 kr
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A postmodernist metacritical look at theories of African literature.2003 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Combining a sustained critical engagement of Anglo-American theory with focused close-readings of major African writers, this book performs a long-overdue cross-fertilization of ideas among …
Empire and Poetic Voice
Cognitive and Cultural Studies of Literary Tradition and Colonialism
Inbunden, 2003
1278 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Explores the relation of post-colonization authors to literary traditions.In Empire and Poetic Voice Patrick Colm Hogan draws on a broad and detailed knowledge of Indian, African, and European literary cultures to explore the way colonized writers respond to the subtle and contradictory pressures …
Paradoxes of Postcolonial Culture
Contemporary Women Writers of the Indian and Afro-Italian Diaspora
Inbunden, 2004
1278 kr
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Explores postcolonial discourse from the standpoint of feminism and writers in minority languages.This innovative contribution to understanding the promise and contradictions of contemporary postcolonial culture applies a wide array of theoretical tools to a large body of literature. The author …
Globalization, Cultural Identities, and Media Representations
Av Natascha Gentz, Stefan Kramer
Inbunden, 2006
1111 kr
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Explores the role of media in the construction of cultural identities.Globalization, Cultural Identities, and Media Representations provides a multidirectional approach for understanding the role of media in constructing cultural identities in a newly globalized media environment. The contributors …
From Kung Fu to Hip Hop
Globalization, Revolution, and Popular Culture
Av M. T. Kato
Inbunden, 2007
1111 kr
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Explores the revolutionary potential of Bruce Lee and hip hop culture in the context of antiglobalization struggles and transnational capitalism.From Kung Fu to Hip Hop looks at the revolutionary potential of popular culture in the sociohistorical context of globalization. Author M. T. Kato …
From Kung Fu to Hip Hop
Globalization, Revolution, and Popular Culture
Av M. T. Kato
Häftad, 2007
401 kr
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Explores the revolutionary potential of Bruce Lee and hip hop culture in the context of antiglobalization struggles and transnational capitalism.From Kung Fu to Hip Hop looks at the revolutionary potential of popular culture in the sociohistorical context of globalization. Author M. T. Kato …
Hybridity
Limits, Transformations, Prospects
Inbunden, 2007
1111 kr
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Critical reevaluation of the concept of hybridity within postcolonial studies.This critical engagement with some of the most prominent contemporary theorists of postcolonial studies reevaluates recent theories of hybridity and agency. Challenging the claim that hybridity provides a site of …
Of Irony and Empire
Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa
Av Laura Rice
Inbunden, 2007
1087 kr
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Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between …
Of Irony and Empire
Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa
Av Laura Rice
Häftad, 2008
462 kr
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Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between …
Nativism and Modernity
Cultural Contestations in China and Taiwan under Global Capitalism
Av Ming-yan Lai
Inbunden, 2008
1111 kr
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Comparative study of contemporary nativist literary and cultural movements in China and Taiwan.Nativism and Modernity is the first comparative study of xiangtu nativism in Taiwan and xungen nativism in China. It offers a new critical perspective on these two important literary and cultural …
Nativism and Modernity
Cultural Contestations in China and Taiwan under Global Capitalism
Av Ming-yan Lai
Häftad, 2009
401 kr
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Comparative study of contemporary nativist literary and cultural movements in China and Taiwan.Nativism and Modernity is the first comparative study of xiangtu nativism in Taiwan and xungen nativism in China. It offers a new critical perspective on these two important literary and cultural …
Locating Race
Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship
Inbunden, 2009
1278 kr
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Pinpoints the limits of many current globalization theories in challenging racial oppression, and argues instead for local and situated strategies for resisting racism and imperialism.Locating Race provides a powerful critique of theories and fictions of globalization that privilege migration, …
Locating Race
Global Sites of Post-Colonial Citizenship
Häftad, 2009
413 kr
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Pinpoints the limits of many current globalization theories in challenging racial oppression, and argues instead for local and situated strategies for resisting racism and imperialism.Locating Race provides a powerful critique of theories and fictions of globalization that privilege migration, …
