| Post-Colonial Transformation Contributor(s): Ashcroft, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415238307 ISBN-13: 9780415238304 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control. The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, "Post-Colonial Transformation": * demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been * investigates political and literary resistance * examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory, and place * offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in principles of habitation and horizonality. "Post-Colonial Transformation" breaks new theoretical ground while demonstrating the relevance of a wide range of theoretical practices, and extending the exploration of topics fundamentally important to the field of post-colonial studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 325.3 |
| LCCN: 00062760 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.32" W x 8.5" (0.71 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control. The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, Post-Colonial Transformation * demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been * investigates political and literary resistance * examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory, and place * offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in principles of habitation and horizonality. Post-Colonial Transformation breaks new theoretical ground while demonstrating the relevance of a wide range of theoretical practices, and extending the exploration of topics fundamentally important to the field of post-colonial studies. |