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Beyond Postcolonial Theory
Na Na
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Description for Beyond Postcolonial Theory
Hardback. BIC Classification: GTF. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 576.
Opposing the orthodoxies of establishment postcolonialism, Beyond Postcolonial Theory posits acts of resistance and subversion by people of color as central to the unfolding dialogue with Western hegemony. The testimonies and signifying practices of Rigoberta Menchu, C.L.R. James, various "minority" writers in the United States, and intellectuals from Africa, Latin America, and Asia are counterposed against the dogmas of contingency, borderland nomadism, panethnicity, and the ideology of identity politics and transcultural postmodern pastiche. Reappropriating ideas from Gramsci, Bakhtin, Althusser, Freire, and others in the radical democratic tradition, San Juan deploys them to recover the memory of national liberation struggles (Fanon, ... Read more
Opposing the orthodoxies of establishment postcolonialism, Beyond Postcolonial Theory posits acts of resistance and subversion by people of color as central to the unfolding dialogue with Western hegemony. The testimonies and signifying practices of Rigoberta Menchu, C.L.R. James, various "minority" writers in the United States, and intellectuals from Africa, Latin America, and Asia are counterposed against the dogmas of contingency, borderland nomadism, panethnicity, and the ideology of identity politics and transcultural postmodern pastiche. Reappropriating ideas from Gramsci, Bakhtin, Althusser, Freire, and others in the radical democratic tradition, San Juan deploys them to recover the memory of national liberation struggles (Fanon, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Language
English
Condition
New
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312174262
SKU
V9780312174262
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About Na Na
E. San Juan Jr. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative American Cultures at Washington State University.
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