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A wide-ranging account and critical introduction to postcolonial studies. Also includes broad coverage of African Studies - an area normally overlooked in introductions of this kind.

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'Quayson's summary of the essence of the debate between Marshall Sahlins and Gannath Obeyesekere will be welcomed for its conciseness and its accuracy.' Research in African Literatures

Table of Contents
Introduction: Postcolonializing.

1. Instrumental and Synoptic Dimensions of Interdisciplinarity.

2. Postcolonial Historiography and the Problem of Local Knowledge.

3. Literature as a Politically Symbolic Act.

5. Feminism, Postcolonialism and the Contradictory Orders of Modernity.

6. Postcolonialism and Postmodernism.

7. Parables from the Canon: Postcolonializing Shakespeare.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Postcolonialism

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/10/1999
      ISBN13: 9780745617138, 978-0745617138
      ISBN10: 0745617131

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A wide-ranging account and critical introduction to postcolonial studies. Also includes broad coverage of African Studies - an area normally overlooked in introductions of this kind.

      Trade Review
      'Quayson's summary of the essence of the debate between Marshall Sahlins and Gannath Obeyesekere will be welcomed for its conciseness and its accuracy.' Research in African Literatures

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Postcolonializing.

      1. Instrumental and Synoptic Dimensions of Interdisciplinarity.

      2. Postcolonial Historiography and the Problem of Local Knowledge.

      3. Literature as a Politically Symbolic Act.

      5. Feminism, Postcolonialism and the Contradictory Orders of Modernity.

      6. Postcolonialism and Postmodernism.

      7. Parables from the Canon: Postcolonializing Shakespeare.

      Notes.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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