| Postcolonial Interruptions, Unauthorised Modernities Contributor(s): Chambers, Iain (Author) |
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ISBN: 1786603314 ISBN-13: 9781786603319 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $161.37 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Travel | South America - General |
| Dewey: 918.14 |
| LCCN: 2016055597 |
| Series: Radical Cultural Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.88 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Postcolonial Interruptions, Unauthorised Modernities is a ground-breaking work that revaluates the cultural and political understandings of the world today from the perspective of the south. Largely located in the Mediterranean, and in understandings of a 'southern question' that extends beyond local and national confines, the arguments and perspectives proposed seek to explore the historical formation and political configurations of a multiple modernity. Drawing upon the interdisciplinary lines of thought developed within cultural and postcolonial studies, the work develops a concept of heritage beyond the concerns and obsessions of the Anglo-American world. It offers a counter-hegemony construction of the figure of the migrant and 'other' as a disruptive force in the construction of the idea of the West. It proposes a rethinking of the geo-political economies of knowledge and power, lived and viewed from elsewhere. This accessibility written book should be of interest to anyone interested in the construction of modernity and the future of postcolonial studies. |