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Can the Subaltern Speak?: Reflections on the History of an Idea
Rosalind Morris
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Paperback. Editor(s): Morris, Rosalind. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480. Reflections on the History of an Idea. 336 pages. Editor(s): Morris, Rosalind. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JFSL. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight: 474.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's original essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?" transformed the analysis of colonialism through an eloquent and uncompromising argument that affirmed the contemporary relevance of Marxism while using deconstructionist methods to explore the international division of labor and capitalism's "worlding" of the world. Spivak's essay hones in on the historical and ideological factors that obstruct the possibility of being heard for those who inhabit the periphery. It is a probing interrogation of what it means to have political subjectivity, to be able to access the state, and to suffer the burden of difference in a capitalist system that promises ... Read more
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's original essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?" transformed the analysis of colonialism through an eloquent and uncompromising argument that affirmed the contemporary relevance of Marxism while using deconstructionist methods to explore the international division of labor and capitalism's "worlding" of the world. Spivak's essay hones in on the historical and ideological factors that obstruct the possibility of being heard for those who inhabit the periphery. It is a probing interrogation of what it means to have political subjectivity, to be able to access the state, and to suffer the burden of difference in a capitalist system that promises ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
479g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231143851
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V9780231143851
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About Rosalind Morris
Rosalind C. Morris is professor of anthropology and former associate director of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. A scholar of both mainland Southeast Asia and South Africa, she has published widely on topics concerning the politics of representation, the relationship between violence and value, gender and sexuality, the mass media, and the changing forms of ... Read more
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