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Contemporary postcolonial studies represent a controversial area of debate. This collection seeks a more pragmatic approach to the subject, taking into account its historical, social and political realities, rather than ignoring a consideration of material conditions. The contributors look at the oppositional power held and exercised by anti-colonial movements, a neglected topic; address the literary strategies devised by metropolitan writers to contain the insecurities of empire, given that unrest and opposition were integral to British imperialism; contest the charges of nativism and essentialism made by postcolonial critics against liberation writings; and investigate the voices of both inhabitants of post-independence nation states, and those scattered by colonialism itself. Dr LAURA CHRISMAN teaches at Sussex University; BENITA PARRY is Honorary Professor at Warwick University.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Postcolonial Theory and Criticism
• Author: Laura Chrisman
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 168
• EAN: 9780859915540
• ISBN: 0859915549
• ID: 04744189
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 356 g
• Dimensions: 220 × 151 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. March 2000

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