Colonialism/postcolonialism

Loomba, Ania. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0203194918 (e-book)
ISBN: 0415350646 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0415350638 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780203194911 (e-book)
ISBN: 9780415350648 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780415350631 (hardback : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 263 p. ; 21 cm.
print
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-250) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Situating colonial and postcolonial studies -- Defining the terms : colonialism, imperialism, neo-colonialism, postcolonialism -- From colonialism to colonial discourse -- Colonial discourse -- Colonialism and knowledge -- Colonialism and literature -- Textuality, discourse and material processes -- 2. Colonial and postcolonial identities -- Constructing racial and cultural difference -- Race, class and colonialism -- Psychoanalysis and colonial subjects -- Gender, sexuality and colonial discourse -- Hybridity -- 3. Challenging colonialism -- Nationalisms and pan-nationalisms -- Feminism, nationalism and postcolonialism -- Can the subaltern speak? -- Post-modernism and postcolonial studies -- Conclusion : globalisation and the future of postcolonial studies.