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Beginning postcolonialism / John McLeod.

By: McLeod, John, 1969-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Beginnings.Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2000Description: xii, 274 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780719052088; 0719052092; 9780719052095.Subject(s): Colonies in literature | Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism | Politics and Government | Decolonization in literature | Literary studies: post-colonial literature | English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Literary studies: general | English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers | Imperialism in literature | Cultural studies | Postcolonialism -- Commonwealth countries | Colonialism & imperialism | Commonwealth countries -- In literature | Developing countries -- In literatureDDC classification: 820.9917 MCL Summary: This work provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and examines its important critical writings. In particular, it demonstrates how many of the ideas and concepts can be applied when reading texts.
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Designed for those studying postcolonialism for the first time, this is an introduction to the major areas of concern. It provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and examines many of its important critical writings. In particular, John McLeod demonstrates in practice how many of the ideas and concepts in the subject can be usefully applied when reading texts, as well as inviting students to develop their own views of postcolonialism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and examines its important critical writings. In particular, it demonstrates how many of the ideas and concepts can be applied when reading texts.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 From 'Commonwealth' to 'Postcolonial'
  • 2 Reading Colonial Discourses
  • 3 Nationalistic Representations
  • 4 The Nation in Questions
  • 5 Re-reading and Rewriting English Literature
  • 6 Postcolonialism and Feminism
  • 7 Diaspora Identities
  • 8 Postcolonialism and the Critics