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The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.



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1. Postcolonial World Literatures.- 2. Minor Cosmopolitanisms.- 3. Enlightenments Revised.- 4. Sovereignties after Empire.- 5. Postcolonial Justice.- 6. Intersectional Gender.- 7. Border Epistemologies.- 8. Postcolonial Oceans.- 9. Ecologies and Economies.- 10. The Postcolonial and the Posthuman

Postcolonial Literatures in English: An Introduction

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      Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/05/2019
      ISBN13: 9783476026743, 978-3476026743
      ISBN10: 3476026744

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The term ‘postcolonial literatures in English’ designates English-language literatures from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania, as well as the literatures of diasporic communities who have moved from those regions to the global north. This volume introduces the central themes of postcolonial literary studies and delineates how these themes are reflected and elaborated in exemplary literary works by postcolonial authors from around the world. It also offers succinct definitions of key terms like Orientalism, hybridity, Indigeneity or writing back.



      Table of Contents

      1. Postcolonial World Literatures.- 2. Minor Cosmopolitanisms.- 3. Enlightenments Revised.- 4. Sovereignties after Empire.- 5. Postcolonial Justice.- 6. Intersectional Gender.- 7. Border Epistemologies.- 8. Postcolonial Oceans.- 9. Ecologies and Economies.- 10. The Postcolonial and the Posthuman

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