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Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Politics & Literature, Society & Culture in Literature, Literary Theory - General & Miscellaneous, Literary Theory - Major Schools, Imperialism, Colonialism & Imperialism - General & Miscellaneous

Contemporary Postcolonial Theory

by Padmini Mongia
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There is a crisis in contemporary postcolonial theory: while an enormous body of challenging research has been produced under its auspices, severely critical questions about the validity and usefulness of this theory have also been raised. This Reader is positioned at the juncture where it can address these contestations. It makes available some of the "classics" of the field, engages with the issues raised by contemporary practitioners, and offers several of the arguments that strongly critique postcolonial theory.

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There is a crisis in contemporary postcolonial theory: while an enormous body of challenging research has been produced under its auspices, severely critical questions about the validity and usefulness of this theory have also been raised. This Reader is positioned at the juncture where it can address these contestations. It makes available some of the "classics" of the field, engages with the issues raised by contemporary practitioners, and offers several of the arguments that strongly critique postcolonial theory.

About the Author, Padmini Mongia

Franklin and Marshall College

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Book Details

Published
August 1, 1996
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780340652886

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