Ray, Sangeeta
A Companion to Postcolonial Studies
This volume examines the tumultuous changes that have occurred and are still occurring in the aftermath of European colonization of the globe from 1492 to 1947.
- Ranges widely over the major themes, regions, theories and practices of postcolonial study
- Presents original essays by the leading proponents of postcolonial study in the Americas, Europe, India, Africa, East and West Asia
- Provides clear introductions to the major social and political movements underlying colonization and decolonization, accessible histories of the literature and culture, and separate regions affected by European colonization
- Features introductory essays on the major thinkers and intellectual schools that have informed strategies of national liberation worldwide
- Offers an incisive summary of the long history and theory of modern European colonization in local detail and global scale.
Keywords: LITERARY CRITICISM / General LIT000000
- Author(s)
- Ray, Sangeeta
- Schwarz, Henry
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 598 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780470998335
- Printed ISBN
- 9780631206620