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Oxford University Press, Nov 3, 2003 - Political Science - 180 pages
Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial challenge to western dominance. This lively and innovative account of both the history and key debates of postcolonialism discusses its importance as an historical condition, and as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Key concepts and issues are considered, with reference to particular cultural and historical examples, such as the status of aboriginal people, cultural nomadism, Western feminism, the innovative fiction of Garcia Marquez and Salman Rushdie, and the postcolonial cities of London, Bombay and Cairo. The work of theorists such as Homi Bhabha, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, and Gayatri Spivak are woven into the discussion, making this fascinating subject relevant and accessible to a wider audience.
  

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Review: Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions #98)

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Atrocious. Young is a terrible writer, absolutely uninterested in providing real arguments, instead using the rhetoric of an angry teenager in a Che t-shirt. I don't think I have a problem with ... Read full review

Review: Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions #98)

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Subaltern knowledge
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History and power from below and above
26
J Space and land
45
Hybridity
69
J Postcolonial feminism
93
Globalization from a postcolonial perspective
121
Translation
138
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Robert jcYoung Postcolonialism: a very short introduction . Oxford University Press 2003 (1-25). ADDITIONAL READING. Appiah, Kwame A. “The postcolonial and ...
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About the author (2003)


Robert J. C. Young is Professor of English and Critical Theory at Oxford University and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Recent publications include Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Culture, Theory and Race (Routledge, 1995), and Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction (Blackwell, 2001). He is also General Editor of Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies (Routledge).

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