{"product_id":"terror-and-the-postcolonial-9781405191548","title":"Terror and the Postcolonial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTerror and the Postcolonial  is a major new comparative study of terrorism and its representations in postcolonial theory, literature, and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a book written by academics but is perfectly suitable for the average reader.  The text is not too dry or overburdened with longwinded narrative, but is thought provoking and image-shattering.  \u003ci\u003eTerror and the Postcolonial\u003c\/i\u003e will take the wind out of the sails of anyone who believes we live in a world where terrorism is the sole property of extremists, religious zealots and bigots.  Terrorism has been around for much longer than since 9\/11 and it is about time someone had the courage to admit our part in it.\" (\u003ci\u003eM\/C Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Terror and the Postcolonial \u003ci\u003e(Elleke Boehmer and Stephen Morton, University of Oxford and University of Southampton).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Theories of Colonial and Postcolonial Terror:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Colony: Its Guilty Secret and Its Accursed Share \u003ci\u003e(Achille Mbembe, University of Wiwatersrand).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Vanishing Points: Law, Violence, and Exception in the Global War Prison \u003ci\u003e(Derek Gregory, University of British Columbia).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The White Fear Factor \u003ci\u003e(Vron Ware, Open University).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Sacrificial Militancy and the Wars around Terror \u003ci\u003e(Alex Houen, University of Sheffield).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Postcolonial Writing and Terror \u003ci\u003e(Elleke Boehmer, University of Oxford).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Histories of Post\/colonial Terror:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Revolutionary Terrorism in British Bengal \u003ci\u003e(Peter Heehs, Independent Scholar).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Excavating Histories of Terror: Thugs, Sovereignty, and the Colonial Sublime \u003ci\u003e(Alex Tickell, University of Portsmouth).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Terrorism, Literature, and Sedition in Colonial India \u003ci\u003e(Stephen Morton, University of Southampton).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Israel in the US Empire \u003ci\u003e(Bashir Abu-Manneh, Barnard College).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Poetics of State Terror in Twenty-first-century Zimbabwe \u003ci\u003e(Ranka Primorac, University of Southampton).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Mediation of \"Terror\": Authority, Journalism, and the Stockwell Shooting \u003ci\u003e(Stuart Price, De Montfort University).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Genres of Terror:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Terror Effects \u003ci\u003e(Robert J. C. Young, New York University).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. \"Gendering\" Terror: Representations of the Female \"Freedom Fighter\" in Contemporary Sri Lankan Literature and Cultural Production \u003ci\u003e(Neluka Silva, University of Colombo).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Terror, Spectacle, and the Secular State in Bombay Cinema \u003ci\u003e(Sujala Singh, University of Southampton).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. \"The age of reason was over . . . an age of fury was dawning\": Contemporary Fiction and Terror \u003ci\u003e(Robert Eaglestone. University of London).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Bodies of Terror: Performer and Witness \u003ci\u003e(Emma Brodzinski, University of London).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529338822999,"sku":"9781405191548","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405191548.jpg?v=1731875234","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/terror-and-the-postcolonial-9781405191548","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}