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Overview
This glossary offers an interdisciplinary guide to the various concepts, practices, and cultural products that have come to be known as "post-colonial." In addition to providing an essential introduction for undergraduates taking post-colonial classes, its range makes it an indispensable reference tool for those who have been working in the field for some time. It contains some 400 entries on the major figures, trends and movements, taking literature and literary theory -disciplines which played a pivotal role in the development of the field -as its central focus.
Synopsis
This glossary offers an interdisciplinary guide to the various concepts, practices, and cultural products that have come to be known as "post-colonial." In addition to providing an essential introduction for undergraduates taking post-colonial classes, its range makes it an indispensable reference tool for those who have been working in the field for some time. It contains some 400 entries on the major figures, trends and movements, taking literature and literary theory -disciplines which played a pivotal role in the development of the field -as its central focus.