{"product_id":"the-preoccupation-of-postcolonial-studies-9780822325215","title":"The Preoccupation of Postcolonial Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith diverse essays that emerge from such disciplines as South Asian, Latin American, Arab, and Jewish studies, this book responds to sceptics and adherers alike, addressing theoretical issues at stake within the field and position of the field itself within the academy, as well as its relationship to modern, post-modern, and Marxist discourses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A timely intervention in the debates surrounding the contribution made by postcolonial theory and the status of the discipline indicated by the term ‘postcolonial.’ This anthology enables a broadening and deepening of the field.”—Sangeeta Ray, author of \u003ci\u003eEn-Gendering India: Woman and Nation in Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e At the Margins of Postcolonial Studies: Part 1 \/ Kalpana Sheshadri-Crooks 3\u003cbr\u003e At the Margins of Postcolonial Studies: Part 2 \/ Fawzia Afzal-Khan 24\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Occupation of Postcolonial Studies: Knowledge and Institutional Politics \u003cbr\u003e Postmodernism and the Rest of the World \/ R. Radhakrishnan 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eUne Pratique Sauvage\u003c\/i\u003e: Postcolonial Belatedness and Cultural Politics \/ Ali Behdad 71\u003cbr\u003e (Post)Occidentalism, (Post)Coloniality, and (Post)Subaltern Rationality \/ Walter Mignolo 86\u003cbr\u003e Borders and Bridges: Seeking Connections between Things \/ Ngugi Wa Thiongo 119\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the \"Post-Colonial\" \/ Ella Shohat 126\u003cbr\u003e DetermiNation: Postcolonialism, Poststructuralism, and the Problem of Ideology \/ Neil Larsen 140\u003cbr\u003e Secularism, Elitism, Progress, and Other Transgressions: On Edward Said's \"Voyage In\" \/ Bruce Robbins 157\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Preoccupations of Postcolonial Studies: Modernity, Sexuality, Nation \u003cbr\u003e Street Theater in Pakistani Punjab: The Case of Ajoka, Lok Rehs, and the (So-Called) Woman Question \/ Fawzia Afzal-Khan 171\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the Hysterectomies Scandal: Women, the Institution, the Family, and State in India \/ Rajeswari Sunder Rajan 200\u003cbr\u003e The Colonial Drag: Zionism, Gender, and Mimicry \/ Daniel Boyarin 234\u003cbr\u003e Postcolonial Literature in a Neocolonial World: Modern Arabic Culture and the End of Modernity \/ Saree Makdisi 266\u003cbr\u003e Self-Othering: A Postcolonial Discourse on Cinematic First Contacts \/ Hamid Naficy 292\u003cbr\u003e The \"Post-Colonial\" Colony: Time, Space, and Bodies in Palestine\/Israel \/ Joseph Massad 311\u003cbr\u003e Postcolonial Theory in an American Context: A Reading of Martin Delany's \u003ci\u003eBlake\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Timothy Powell 347\u003cbr\u003e Postscript \u003cbr\u003e Surviving Theory: A Conversation with Homi K. Bhabha \/ Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks 369\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 381\u003cbr\u003e Contributors 403\u003cbr\u003e Index 407\u003cbr\u003e Permissions 413","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406025531735,"sku":"9780822325215","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-preoccupation-of-postcolonial-studies-9780822325215","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}