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Postcolonialism
Robert J. C. Young
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Description for Postcolonialism
Paperback. An innovative and lively account of both the history and key debates in postcolonialism. Robert Young situates it in a wide cultural context, discussing its importance as an historical condition, and as a means of changing the way that we think about the world. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
This innovative and lively book is quite unlike any other introduction to postcolonialism. Robert Young examines the political, social, and cultural after-effects of decolonization by presenting situations, experiences, and testimony rather than going through the theory at an abstract level. He situates the debate in a wide cultural context, discussing its importance as an historical condition, with examples such as the status of aboriginal people, of those dispossessed from their land, Algerian raï music, postcolonial feminism, and global social and ecological movements. Above all, Young argues, postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global ... Read more
This innovative and lively book is quite unlike any other introduction to postcolonialism. Robert Young examines the political, social, and cultural after-effects of decolonization by presenting situations, experiences, and testimony rather than going through the theory at an abstract level. He situates the debate in a wide cultural context, discussing its importance as an historical condition, with examples such as the status of aboriginal people, of those dispossessed from their land, Algerian raï music, postcolonial feminism, and global social and ecological movements. Above all, Young argues, postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Very Short Introductions
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192801821
SKU
KKD0006138
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99-1
About Robert J. C. Young
Robert J. C. Young is Professor of English and Critical Theory at Oxford University and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Recent publications include Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Culture, Theory and Race (Routledge, 1995), and Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction (Blackwell, 2001). He is also General Editor of Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies (Routledge).
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