| Other Asias Contributor(s): Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405102071 ISBN-13: 9781405102070 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. Major work from one of the world's most distinguished literary and cultural theorists Intervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia Featured essays include "Foucault and Najibullah," "Moving Devi," "Responsibility," and "Megacity" Other chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent "present" of the Caucasus Essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonialism, and devotees of Spivak's writing |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 950.429 |
| LCCN: 2007009670 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.33" W x 9.07" (1.19 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole.
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