This new Dictionary features a thoughtfully collated collection of over 150 jargon-free definitions of key terms and concepts in postcolonial theory.
* Features a brief introduction to postcolonial theory and a list of suggested further reading that includes the texts in which many of these terms originated
* Each entry includes the origins of the term, where traceable; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term’s use in literary-cultural texts
* Incorporates terms and concepts from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, literary studies, science, economics, globalization studies, politics, and philosophy
* Provides an ideal companion text to the forthcoming Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology, which is also edited by Pramod K. Nayar, a highly-respected authority in the field
* Features a brief introduction to postcolonial theory and a list of suggested further reading that includes the texts in which many of these terms originated
* Each entry includes the origins of the term, where traceable; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term’s use in literary-cultural texts
* Incorporates terms and concepts from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, literary studies, science, economics, globalization studies, politics, and philosophy
* Provides an ideal companion text to the forthcoming Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology, which is also edited by Pramod K. Nayar, a highly-respected authority in the field
表中的内容
List of terms viAcknowledgements ix
Preface x
Dictionary 1
References 170
关于作者
Pramod K. Nayar teaches in the Department of English atthe University of Hyderabad, India. His books in postcolonial
studies include Frantz Fanon (2014), Colonial
Voices: The Discourses of Empire (Wiley, 2012)
Postcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2010), and
Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction (2008). He
is also the editor of the 5-volume Women in Colonial India:
Historical Documents and Sources (2013). Forthcoming works
include Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology (Wiley) and a
book on Human Rights and Literature.
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