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Postcolonial Thought in the French-Speaking World
David Murphy Charles Forsdick
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Description for Postcolonial Thought in the French-Speaking World
Paperback. In the late 1990s, Postcolonial Studies risked imploding as a credible area of academic enquiry. This volume provides a tool for students and scholars outside French departments seeking a way into the study of Francophone colonial postcolonial debates. It supplies scholars in French with an overview of ideas and intellectuals in this area. Editor(s): Forsdick, Charles; Murphy, David. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 357 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
In the late 1990’s, Postcolonial Studies risked imploding as a credible area of academic enquiry. Repeated anthologization and an overemphasis on the English-language literatures led to sustained critiques of the field and to an active search for alternative approaches to the globalized and transnational formations of the post-colonial world. In the early twenty-first century, however, postcolonial began to reveal a new openness to its comparative dimensions. French-language contributors to postcolonial debate (such as Edouard Glissant and Abdelkebir Khatibi) have recently risen to greater prominence in the English-speaking world, and there have also appeared an increasing number of important critical and ... Read more
In the late 1990’s, Postcolonial Studies risked imploding as a credible area of academic enquiry. Repeated anthologization and an overemphasis on the English-language literatures led to sustained critiques of the field and to an active search for alternative approaches to the globalized and transnational formations of the post-colonial world. In the early twenty-first century, however, postcolonial began to reveal a new openness to its comparative dimensions. French-language contributors to postcolonial debate (such as Edouard Glissant and Abdelkebir Khatibi) have recently risen to greater prominence in the English-speaking world, and there have also appeared an increasing number of important critical and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
357
Condition
New
Series
Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines
Number of Pages
357
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846310553
SKU
V9781846310553
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About David Murphy Charles Forsdick
Charles Forsdick is Drapers Professor of French at the University of Cambridge. David Murphy is Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Strathclyde.
Reviews for Postcolonial Thought in the French-Speaking World
This is a boldly conceived and finely executed volume which will surely become a major reference point for a wide range of disciplines. Alec Hargreaves