Contents: 1. Introduction, 2. The Literature of Postcolonialism, 3. Post-Colonialism: Definition, Development and Examples from India, 4. Postcolonial Theory, 5. Postcolonial Space, 6. Colonialism and Culture, 7. The Intimacy of Tyranny, 8. National, Third World and Postcolonial Identities, 9. Postcolonial Theory and the Disciplines, 10. Postcolonial Nation Formation, 11. Postcolonial Studies and Globalisation Theory, 12. Latin American Postcolonial Studies and Global Decolonisation,
13. South Asian Subcontinant Colonialism.

SKU: Understanding Post Colonialism Category: English Tag: Colonialism

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Author: Dr. Richa Dewani
ISBN: 9789384275136
Published: 2023
Genre: English
Language: English
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Format: Hardcover

ABOUT THE BOOK: Postcolonialism is a purposely postmodern intellectual discourse, which consists of reactions to and analysis of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism. This term can also be defined as the associations between nations and areas they occupied and once ruled. Neither “globalization theory” nor “postcolonial studies” are terms that easily reveal their meanings. The areas of knowledge to which they refer are not what they seem, and a great deal of confusion surrounds their uses. The post-colonial direction was created as colonial countries became independent. Nowadays, aspects of post-colonialism can be found not only in sciences concerning history, literature and politics, but also in approach to culture and identity of both the countries that were colonised and the former colonial powers. Exposing and deconstructing the racist, imperialist nature of these assumptions will remove their power of persuasion and coercion. Recognizing that they are not simply airy substances but have widespread material consequences for the nature and scale of global inequality makes this project all the more urgent. The work would not lay any claim to its being definitive but it certainly offers seminal insights into some current raging questions about postcolonialism, its special affinity with fiction, feminism and quest for identity, ethnic and linguistic and issues of self, alterity and subalternism.