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This cluster of papers explores the complex intersections of postcolonial literature, globalization, identity, and cultural theory. It delves into themes such as nationalism, feminism, human rights, and the impact of colonial history on contemporary literary expression. The discourse also encompasses the dynamics of cosmopolitanism and the evolving landscape of African studies.

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Postcolonialism; Literature; Globalization; Identity; Cosmopolitanism; Feminism; Nationalism; African Studies; Human Rights; Cultural Theory

'There ain't no black in the Union Jack' : the cultural politics of race and nation

1987-01-01

Paul Gilroy

demonstrates the enormous complexity of racial politics in England today. Exploring the relationships among race, class, and nation as they have evolved over the past twenty years, he highlights racist … demonstrates the enormous complexity of racial politics in England today. Exploring the relationships among race, class, and nation as they have evolved over the past twenty years, he highlights racist attitudes that transcend the left-right political divide. He challenges current sociological approaches to racism as well as the ethnocentric bias of British cultural studies. Gilroy demonstrates effectively that cultural traditions are not static, but develop, grow and indeed mutate, as they influence and are influenced by the other changing traditions around them.--David Edgar, Listener Review of Books. A fascinating analysis of the discourses that have accompanied black settlement in Britain. . . . An important addition to the stock of critical works on race and culture.--David Okuefuna, Chicago Tribune

The Colonizer and the Colonized

2013-07-04

Albert Memmi

Preface (1965) * Introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre * New Introduction by Nadine Gordimer * Part One: Portrait of the Colonizer - Does the Colonial Exist? * the Colonizer Who Refuses … Preface (1965) * Introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre * New Introduction by Nadine Gordimer * Part One: Portrait of the Colonizer - Does the Colonial Exist? * the Colonizer Who Refuses * the Colonizer Who Accepts * Part Two: Portrait of the Colonized - Mythical Portrait of the Colonized * Situations of the Colonized * The Two Answers of the Colonized * Part Three: Conclusion

Identity and agency in cultural worlds

1999-06-01

Dorothy Holland

Preface I. On the Shoulders of Bakhtin and Vygotsky 1. The Woman Who Climbed Up the House 2. A Practice Theory of Self and Identity II. Placing Identity and Agency … Preface I. On the Shoulders of Bakhtin and Vygotsky 1. The Woman Who Climbed Up the House 2. A Practice Theory of Self and Identity II. Placing Identity and Agency 3. Figured Worlds 4. Personal Stories in Alcoholics Anonymous 5. How Figured Worlds of Romance Become Desire III. Power and Privilege 6. Positional Identities 7. The Sexual Auction Block IV. The Space of Authoring 8. Authoring Selves 9. Mental Disorder, Identity, and Professional Discourse 10. Authoring Oneself as a Woman in Nepal V. Making Worlds 11. Play Worlds, Liberatory Worlds, and Fantasy Resources 12. Making Alternate Worlds in Nepal 13. Identity in Practice Notes References Credits Index

The Googlization of everything: (and why we should worry)

2011-12-01

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Preface Introduction: The Gospel of Google 1. Render unto Caesar: How Google Came to Rule the Web 2. Google's Ways and Means: Faith in Aptitude and Technology 3. The Googlization … Preface Introduction: The Gospel of Google 1. Render unto Caesar: How Google Came to Rule the Web 2. Google's Ways and Means: Faith in Aptitude and Technology 3. The Googlization of Us: Universal Surveillance and Infrastructural Imperialism 4. The Googlization of the World: Prospects for a Global Public Sphere 5. The Googlization of Knowledge: The Future of Books 6. The Googlization of Memory: Information Overload, Filters, and the Fracturing of Knowledge Conclusion: The Human Knowledge Project Acknowledgments Notes Index

Third-World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism

2015-12-19

Fredric Jameson

This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “E”. Detailed explanation is provided for several terms, including ecological ethnicity, ecological … This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “E”. Detailed explanation is provided for several terms, including ecological ethnicity, ecological imperialism and effeminacy. Each entry includes the origin of the term; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term's use in literary-cultural texts. Ecological ethnicity sees the indigenous tribe or community as purveyor of authentic knowledge of the terrain due to its ancestral links with the land. It foregrounds human identity as intimately linked to the local land forms, ecology, weather and mineral, animal and plant life. The idea of ecological imperialism marks a shift in the way both colonization and globalization are perceived. The stereotype of the effeminate native dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries and the European travellers' depictions of such an emasculated type.

The empire writes back: theory and practice in post-colonial literatures

1990-02-01

Bill Ashcroft , Gareth Griffiths , Helen Tiffin

The experience of colonization and the challenges of the post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a … The experience of colonization and the challenges of the post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of colonial writing in cultures as diverse as India, Australia, the West Indies, Africa and Canada. This comprehensive study opens debates about the interrelationships of these literatures, investigates the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text and shows how these texts constitute a radical critique of the assumptions underlying Eurocentric notions of literature and language.

Post-Colonial Transformation

2002-04-01

Florence Martin , Bill Ashcroft

In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control.The most comprehensive analysis of major features of … In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control.The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, Post-Colonial Transformation:* demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been* investigates political and literary resistance* examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory, and place* offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in principles of habitation and horizonality.Post-Colonial Transformation breaks new theoretical ground while demonstrating the relevance of a wide range of theoretical practices, and extending the exploration of topics fundamentally important to the field of post-colonial studies.

13 * Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory

2014-01-01

Robert McLaughlan , N. Srivastava

For some time now, the term ‘postcolonial studies’ has covered scholarly inquiry into both colonial discourse and postcolonial theory, so in what follows, these two areas of critical theory will … For some time now, the term ‘postcolonial studies’ has covered scholarly inquiry into both colonial discourse and postcolonial theory, so in what follows, these two areas of critical theory will be considered together. The chapter is divided into two sections: 1. Books; 2. Journals. Section 1 is by Robert McLaughlan and examines books, section 2 is by Neelam Srivastava and deals with journal articles in the field of postcolonial studies, published in 2012.

The Post-Colonial Studies Reader

1996-01-01

Brinda Bose , Bill Ashcroft , Gareth Griffiths +1 more

The essential introduction to the most important texts in post-colonial theory and criticism, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include 121 extracts from key works in … The essential introduction to the most important texts in post-colonial theory and criticism, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include 121 extracts from key works in the field. Leading, as well as lesser known figures in the fields of writing, theory and criticism contribute to this inspiring body of work that includes sections on nationalism, hybridity, diaspora and globalization. The Reader's wide-ranging approach reflects the remarkable diversity of work in the discipline along with the vibrancy of anti-imperialist writing both within and without the metropolitan centres. Covering more debates, topics and critics than any comparable book in its field, The Post-Colonial Studies Reader is the ideal starting point for students and issues a potent challenge to the ways in which we think and write about literature and culture.

The politics of literary postcoloniality

1995-01-01

Aijaz Ahmad

The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in the Postcolony

1992-05-01

Achille Mbembé

Research Article| May 01 1992 The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in the Postcolony Achille Mbembe Achille Mbembe Search for other works by this author on: This … Research Article| May 01 1992 The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in the Postcolony Achille Mbembe Achille Mbembe Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Public Culture (1992) 4 (2): 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-4-2-1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Achille Mbembe; The Banality of Power and the Aesthetics of Vulgarity in the Postcolony. Public Culture 1 May 1992; 4 (2): 1–30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-4-2-1 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsPublic Culture Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1992 by Duke University Press1992 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

The Post-Colonial Critic : Interviews, Strategies, Dialogues

1992-01-01

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , Sarah Harasym

Gayatri Spivak, one of our best known cultural and literary theorists, addresses a vast range of political questions with both pen and voice in this unique book. The Post-Colonial Critic … Gayatri Spivak, one of our best known cultural and literary theorists, addresses a vast range of political questions with both pen and voice in this unique book. The Post-Colonial Critic brings together a selection of interviews and discussions in which she has taken part over the past five years; together they articulate some of the most compelling politico-theoretical issues of the present. In these lively texts, students of Spivak's work will identify her unmistakeable voice as she speaks on questions of representation and self-representation, the politicization of deconstruction; the situations of post-colonial critics; pedagogical responsibility; and political strategies.

A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present

2000-01-01

David S. Gross , Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

* Preface *1. Philosophy *2. Literature *3. History *4. Culture * Appendix: The Setting to Work of Deconstruction * Index * Preface *1. Philosophy *2. Literature *3. History *4. Culture * Appendix: The Setting to Work of Deconstruction * Index

Nationalism, colonialism, and literature

1991-04-01

Terry Eagleton , Fredric Jameson , Edward W. Said

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

1987-01-01

Jidlaph G. Kamoche , Ngũugĩ wa Thiong'o

Ngugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, … Ngugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in teaching of literature. North America: Heinemann; Kenya: EAEP

Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation--An Argument

2003-09-01

Sylvia Wynter

Figures in Black: Words, Signs, and the "Racial" Self.

1988-10-01

Keneth Kinnamon , Henry Louis Gates

The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable.... Gates will instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those who are already well versed in Afro-American … The originality, brilliance, and scope of the work is remarkable.... Gates will instruct, delight, and stimulate a broad range of readers, both those who are already well versed in Afro-American literature, and those who, after reading this book, will eagerly begin to be.--Barbara E. Johnson, Harvard University. A critical enterprise of the first importance.... Gates promises to lead and to show the way in boldness of conception, in vigor of execution, and in vitality and pertinence of expression.--James Olney, Louisiana State University. Recently awarded Honorable Mention from the John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee of the American Studies Association, Figures in takes a provocative new look at how we analyze and define black literature. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., attacks the notion that the dominant mode of Afro-American literature is, or should be, a kind of social realism, evaluated primarily as a reflection of the Black Experience. Instead, Gates insists that critics turn to the language of the text and bring to their work the close, methodical analysis of language made possible by modern literary theory. But his goal in this volume is not merely to apply contemporary theory to black texts. Indeed, as he ranges from 18th-century poet Phillis Wheatley to modern writers Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker, he attempts to redefine literary criticism itself, moving it away from a Eurocentric notion of a hierarchical canon--mostly white, Western, and male--to foster a truly comparative and pluralisic notion of literature. In doing so, he provides critics with a powerful tool for the analysis of black art and, more important, reveals for all readers the brilliance and depth of the Afro-American tradition.

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The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference

2002-01-01

Walter D. Mignolo

Research Article| January 01 2002 The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference Walter D. Mignolo Walter D. Mignolo Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google … Research Article| January 01 2002 The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference Walter D. Mignolo Walter D. Mignolo Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2002) 101 (1): 57–96. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-101-1-57 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Walter D. Mignolo; The Geopolitics of Knowledge and the Colonial Difference. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 January 2002; 101 (1): 57–96. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-101-1-57 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsSouth Atlantic Quarterly Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. 2002 by Duke University Press2002 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Articles You do not currently have access to this content.

Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction

2000-01-01

Brinda Bose , Leela Gandhi

1 Introduction: after colonialism..2 Thinking otherwise: a brief intellectual history..3 Postcolonialism and the new humanities..4 Edward Said and his critics..5 Postcolonialism and feminism..6 Imagining community: the question of nationalism..7 One … 1 Introduction: after colonialism..2 Thinking otherwise: a brief intellectual history..3 Postcolonialism and the new humanities..4 Edward Said and his critics..5 Postcolonialism and feminism..6 Imagining community: the question of nationalism..7 One world: the vision of postnationalism..8 Postcolonial literatures..9 Conclusion: the limits of postcolonial theory..Bibliography..Index

Myth, Literature and the African World

1978-01-01

Thomas Cassirer , Wolé Soyinka

The ways in which the African world perceives itself as a cultural whole that interconnects myth, ritual and literature and the differences between its essential unity and the sense of … The ways in which the African world perceives itself as a cultural whole that interconnects myth, ritual and literature and the differences between its essential unity and the sense of division pervading Western literature are emphasized in this classic analysis.

Black Women, Writing and Identity

2002-09-11

Carole Boyce-Davies

Black Women Writing and Identity is an exciting work by one of the most imaginative and acute writers around. The book explores a complex and fascinating set of interrelated issues, … Black Women Writing and Identity is an exciting work by one of the most imaginative and acute writers around. The book explores a complex and fascinating set of interrelated issues, establishing the significance of such wide-ranging subjects as: * re-mapping, re-naming and cultural crossings * tourist ideologies and playful world travelling * gender, heritage and identity * African women's writing and resistance to domination * marginality, effacement and decentering * gender, language and the politics of location Carole Boyce-Davies is at the forefront of attempts to broaden the discourse surrounding the representation of and by black women and women of colour. Black Women Writing and Identity represents an extraordinary achievement in this field, taking our understanding of identity, location and representation to new levels.

Sources of the self: the making of the modern identity

1990-02-01

Charles Taylor

Preface Part I. Identity and the Good: 1. Inescapable frameworks 2. The self in moral space 3. Ethics of inarticulacy 4. Moral sources Part II: Inwardness: 5. Moral topography 6. … Preface Part I. Identity and the Good: 1. Inescapable frameworks 2. The self in moral space 3. Ethics of inarticulacy 4. Moral sources Part II: Inwardness: 5. Moral topography 6. Plato's self-mastery 7. 'In Interiore Homine' 8. Descartes's disengaged reason 9. Locke's punctual self 10. Exploring 'l'Humaine Condition' 11. Inner nature 12. A digression on historical explanation Part III. The Affirmation of Ordinary Life: 13. 'God Loveth Adverbs' 14. Rationalised Christianity 15. Moral sentiments 16. The providential order 17. The culture of modernity Part IV. The Voice of Nature: 18. Fractured horizons 19. Radical enlightenment 20. Nature as source 21. The Expressivist turn Part V. Subtler Languages: 22. Our Victorian contemporaries 23. Visions of the post-romantic age 24. Epiphanies of modernism 25. Conclusion: the conflicts of modernity Notes Index.

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Writing the World from an African Metropolis

2004-09-01

Achille Mbembé , Sarah Nuttall

There is a manner about Johannesburg, it makes the impression of a metropolis. There is a manner about Johannesburg, it makes the impression of a metropolis.

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Moving the centre: the struggle for cultural freedoms

1993-09-01

I: FREEING CULTURE FROM EUROCENTRISM - Moving the Cen tre: Towards a Pluralism of Cultures - Creating Space for a Hundred Flowers to Bloom: The Wealth of a Common Global … I: FREEING CULTURE FROM EUROCENTRISM - Moving the Cen tre: Towards a Pluralism of Cultures - Creating Space for a Hundred Flowers to Bloom: The Wealth of a Common Global Culture - The Universality of Local Knowledge - Imperialis m of Language: English, a Language for the World? - Cultur al Dialogue for a New World - The Cultural Factor in the N eo-colonial Era - PART II: FREEING CULTURE FROM COLONIAL L EGACIES - The Writer in a Neo-colonial State - Resistance ot Damnation: The Role of Intellectual Workers - The Role of the Scholar in the Development of African Literatures - Post-colonial Politics & Culture - In Moi's Kenya, Hi story is Subversive - From the Corridors of Silence: The E xile Writes Back - Imperialism & Revolution: Movements for Social Change.(Part contenst)

White Mythologies: Writing History and the West

1991-01-01

David William Foster , Robert Young

We are still living under the Empire of the Selfsame. The same masters domimate history from the beginning ...history, as a story of phallocentrism hasn't moved except to repeat itself.' … We are still living under the Empire of the Selfsame. The same masters domimate history from the beginning ...history, as a story of phallocentrism hasn't moved except to repeat itself.' Helene Cixous's indictment of history' as a story of phallocentrism' provides the starting point for Robert Young's exploration of the operations of history' in Western theory. History', Young argues, has always been a problematical concept. In the wake of Postmodernism, with its celebration of dislocation and disunity, the status of history has become ever less certain. White Mythologies traces various attempts to produce a coherent theory of history, from Hegel and Marx to Lukacs and Sartre, and to the more recent work of Althusser and Foucault who tried without success to produce a non-historicist history. Young suggests that all efforts to subsume history into a single narrative are doomed to failure: there remains always an unassimilable surplus. In Marxist accounts, in which history' is the struggle between the working class and the bourgeoisie, the Third World appears as this excess, surplus to the narrative of the West. Young goes on to consider strategies for a hon-historicist history which avoids the trap of Eurocentricism. While Edward Said's influential critique of Orientalism ends by repeating the very structures it attacks, Homi Bhabha and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak have successfully exploited the ambivalence of history to deconstruct its totalising authority. At the same time, they suggest a way forward by means of a shift in the locational specifity of historical argument.

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

1987-06-01

H. S. Bhola , Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

:Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment

2005-12-01

Rosemarijn Hoefte

Are the questions we have been asking the past to answer still questions worth having answers to? Are the stories we have been telling about the past's relation to the … Are the questions we have been asking the past to answer still questions worth having answers to? Are the stories we have been telling about the past's relation to the present still relevant? David Scott does not think so. In this book he strongly argues that it is not the answers but the questions that demand scrutiny: he stresses the need to identify the difference between the postcolonial questions that informed former presents and those that inform our own present. This study is a follow-up to his previous book, Refashioning Futures: Criticism after Postcoloniality (1999), in which Scott discussed the limits of postcolonial criticism. Scott's picture of the postcolonial present, after the collapse of the socioeconomic and political hopes that animated anticolonial and independence movements, is bleak. He identifies an “acute paralysis of will and sheer vacancy of imagination, the rampant corruption and vicious authoritarianism, the instrumental self-interest and showy self-congratulation” as symptoms of a utopian project that has run out of steam and turned into a “nightmare” (p. 2).

A shrinking island: modernism and national culture in England

2004-06-01

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION Late Modernism and the Anthropological Turn 1 ONE Modernism and Metropolitan Perception in England 23 The Other Side of the Hedge 23 Planet Full of Scraps 28 … ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION Late Modernism and the Anthropological Turn 1 ONE Modernism and Metropolitan Perception in England 23 The Other Side of the Hedge 23 Planet Full of Scraps 28 Englishness as/vs.Modernity 31 Autoethnography and the Romance of Retrenchment 36 Modernist Valedictions circa 1940 46 TWO Insular Rites: Virginia Woolf and the Late Modernist Pageant-Play 54 Amnesia in Fancy Dress: Pageants for a New Century 56 Little Nucleus of Eternity : J. C. Powys's A Glastonbury Romance 62 Rebuilding the Ruined House: T. S. Eliot's The Rock 70 Innocent Island : E.M. Forster's Passage to England 76 Island Stories and Modernist Ends in Between the Acts 85 THREE Insular Time: T.S. Eliot and Modernism's English End 108 The Antidiasporic Imagination 108 Metropolitan Standard Time 112 Anglocentric Revivals 117 Notes from a Shrinking Island 127 Four Quartets and the Chronotope of Englishness 135 FOUR Becoming Minor 163 The Keynesian National Object: Late Modernism and The General Theory 166 Local Color: English Cultural Studies as Home Anthropology 182 Ethnography in Reverse:(Post)colonial Writers in Fifties England 198 Conclusion: Minority Culture and Minor Culture 215 NOTES 227 INDEX 277

Third-World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism

1986-01-01

Fredric Jameson

Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse

1984-01-01

Homi Κ. Bhabha

Masks of conquest: literary study and British rule in India

1990-12-01

Postcolonial Theory

1998-04-01

Leela Gandhi

A provocative and exemplary introduction to the field of postcolonial studies. Leela Gandhi surveys the entire field of postcolonial studies and outlines the connections beween postcolonial theory and poststructuralism, postmodernism, … A provocative and exemplary introduction to the field of postcolonial studies. Leela Gandhi surveys the entire field of postcolonial studies and outlines the connections beween postcolonial theory and poststructuralism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism. She assesses the contribution of major theorists such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha as well as highlighting postcolonialism's relationship to earlier thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Mahatma Gandhi. Both a useful starting point for new readers and an incisive account for lecturers, this book will open up debate still further. The first student book to map out the philosophical and intellectual context of postcolonial theory Explains for students the work of major theorists such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha

Diasporas

1994-08-01

James Clifford

Research in African Literatures

2014-08-08

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The Post-Colonial Critic: Interviews, Strategies, Dialogues

1992-01-01

Joseph John , Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , Sarah Harasym

The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism

2004-01-01

Christopher J. Lee , Brent Hayes Edwards

The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures

1990-01-01

Paul Sharrad , Bill Ashcroft , Gareth Griffiths +1 more

An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theory

2014-06-06

Peter Childs , Rachel Williams

The first book of its kind in the field, this timely introduction to post- colonial theory offers lucid and accessible summaries of the major work of key theorists such as … The first book of its kind in the field, this timely introduction to post- colonial theory offers lucid and accessible summaries of the major work of key theorists such as Frantz Fanon, Edward Said.Homi Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak. The Guide also Explores the lines of resistance against colonialism and highlights the theories of post-colonial identity that have been responsible for generating some of the most influential and challenging critical work of recent decades. Designed for undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses related to colonialisn or post-colonialism, the book summarieses the major topics and issues as well as covering the contributions of major and less familiar figures in the field.

The Cunning of Recognition

2002-06-28

Elizabeth A. Povinelli

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INTRODUCTION: HISTORY, POWER AND POLITICS IN THE LITERARY ARTIFACT

2025-06-26

| Edinburgh University Press eBooks

Introduction to Anthony Grooms’s “Hold On”

2025-06-25

Kerry L. Malawista | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Contributions of Writers in the New Era to World Literature

2025-06-25

Mao Nie , Zhu Yao | Routledge eBooks

Creating Monstrosities

2025-06-24

Anthony Rees | Oxford University Press eBooks

Abstract The ambition to act as creators seems to be built into the human condition. Indeed, this creative urge may well be part of what it means to be in … Abstract The ambition to act as creators seems to be built into the human condition. Indeed, this creative urge may well be part of what it means to be in the “image of God.” And yet creation has always been problematic, even for Yahweh who in Genesis 6 laments for the mess his creatures have made of the “good” creation. As for Yahweh, so too for human endeavors in the Hebrew Bible and beyond, as attempts to create, or make, lead to problematic outcomes. This chapter cycles through three biblical texts (Gen 4; Job 3; Ps 8) and engages the work of two novels: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the more recent Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, which reflect on human ambition as creators. Together they create the ambiguity in the construction of the title here, bringing into question who is truly monstrous.

The Town and the Writer

2025-06-22

| State University of New York Press eBooks

Shifting Coordinates

2025-06-19

| Cambridge University Press eBooks

MIGRANT’S ACROSS BORDERS: AN ENVISAGE TO ENTAIL THE CONTOUR IN THE NOVEL NAMESAKE PENNED BY JHUMPA LAHIRI

2025-06-19

M. priya , M. Muthu lakshmi | International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

This paper investigates the themes of dual identity, cultural dislocation, and generational conflict in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, an influential piece in the realm of diasporic literature. Through the perspective … This paper investigates the themes of dual identity, cultural dislocation, and generational conflict in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, an influential piece in the realm of diasporic literature. Through the perspective of the main character, Gogol Ganguli, along with his immigrant family, the narrative powerfully portrays the challenges of maneuvering through two distinct cultural realms, struggling with the feelings of being trapped between heritage and contemporary life. Lahiri explores the intricacies of naming as a symbol for identity, assessing its impact on self-identity and cultural ties. By revealing the nuances of assimilation and resistance within a diverse world, the novel underscores the difficulties faced by second-generation immigrants striving to harmonize inherited cultural traditions with current societal norms. This paper will analyze how Lahiri’s storytelling reveals the formation of hybrid identities, the importance of nostalgia, and the dynamics between cultural conservation and change. Ultimately, this assessment emphasizes The Namesake as a moving depiction of the diasporic journey, shining a light on transnational enquiries.

Language, Inequality and Subordination in Postcolonial Discourses: A Study of Chirikure Chirikure and Mathew Takwi’s Selected Poems

2025-06-19

Christine Agbor Aje , Galbert Demanou | Education and Linguistics Research

Postcolonial societies have perpetually been decrying their inferiority to the colonialist. The difficulty to stride to the Centre with ease remains worrisome because of the derogatory language used to describe … Postcolonial societies have perpetually been decrying their inferiority to the colonialist. The difficulty to stride to the Centre with ease remains worrisome because of the derogatory language used to describe native culture as opposed to the colonialist culture. This paper aims at highlighting the inferiority complex of postcolonial societies as stemming from the dehumanising language used when referring to the formerly colonized. The paper blends a literary theory (Postcolonial Theory) and a linguistic theory (the Appraisal Systems by Martin, 2000). Language contributes to degrade the identity of the postcolonial people in such a way that the latter think nothing good can come from their end. The derogatory use of language has equally created a kind of mindset that maintains postcolonial countries dependent and underdeveloped. Thus, this type of language used towards postcolonial subjects has given room for an inferiority complex, which has significantly impacted the sociocultural, economic and political lives of postcolonial societies.

Engagements with hybridity in literature: An introduction

2025-06-18

Qian Zhu | Journal of Postcolonial Writing

Postcolonialism and New Places of Enunciation

2025-06-17

Maria Neblina Orrico Rocha , Camilo Negri | IGI Global eBooks

Postcolonial studies emerge as an interdisciplinary perspective that examines power relations, cultural dynamics, and the enduring legacies of colonialism in the humanities, challenging hegemonic narratives and expanding the debate to … Postcolonial studies emerge as an interdisciplinary perspective that examines power relations, cultural dynamics, and the enduring legacies of colonialism in the humanities, challenging hegemonic narratives and expanding the debate to include marginalized voices from the “rest of the world.” This article investigates the persistence of cognitive colonization between the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America, drawing on the Zapatista concept of the long night of 500 years to reveal how knowledge from the Global South remains subjugated to European theoretical frameworks. The coloniality of knowledge reinforces epistemic hierarchies that silence epistemes, while scholars propose epistemologies of the South and an ecology of knowledges as alternatives. The analysis also explores the intersections between gender and coloniality, emphasizing how decolonial feminism confronts the exclusion of women. Building on Sérgio Costa's work, we discuss the contributions of postcolonial studies to sociology by deconstructing the West/Rest dichotomy and advocating for hybrid enunciative positions.

The memoir and the mediated self: the crafting and performance of Madhur Jaffrey’s persona in climbing the Mango Trees (2006)

2025-06-17

Meghna Gangadharan , Ananya Ghoshal | Celebrity Studies

Postcolonial servitude: Domestic servants in global South Asian English literature

2025-06-17

Ghulam Rabani , Zakir Hussain | Journal of Postcolonial Writing

Taboos

2025-06-16

Samsul Hidayat , Syamsul Kurniawan , Feni Nurhaliza +1 more | IBDA Jurnal Kajian Islam dan Budaya

This article aims to examine the role of taboos in the lives of coastal Muslim communities in Pangkalan Buton Village, Sukadana District, Kayong Utara Regency, as a reflection of their … This article aims to examine the role of taboos in the lives of coastal Muslim communities in Pangkalan Buton Village, Sukadana District, Kayong Utara Regency, as a reflection of their multicultural wisdom. This study employs a phenomenological approach with data collected through direct observation and in-depth interviews. Data analysis includes data collection, condensation, and presentation. The results indicate that taboos in this village reflect a synthesis of Islamic teachings and local values. Taboos function not only as social norms but also as a means of preserving cultural identity amid social changes. Islam is understood flexibly by the community, adapting to local culture and shaping behavioral patterns that promote social harmony. Thus, taboos have become an integral part of daily life, maintaining abalance between religion and local traditions.

Deconstruction and Subversion in Literature: Countering the Hegemony of Colonial Discourse

2025-06-16

Rahman Fadhlur , M. Ridho Kholid | Journal of Literature and Education

The traces of colonialism continue to shape the way we think and understand culture, identity and power. This is often through stigmatized ideas of race and simplified distinctions between “us” … The traces of colonialism continue to shape the way we think and understand culture, identity and power. This is often through stigmatized ideas of race and simplified distinctions between “us” and “them.” These narratives, rooted in colonial discourse, tend to ignore the complexity of indigenous realities. This research attempts to explore how postcolonial writers challenge and deconstruct these dominant narratives, revealing their political and ideological underpinnings. Drawing on Jacques Derrida’s concept of deconstruction, it examines how contradictions in colonial texts can be exposed and subverted to make room for alternative voices. Through an in-depth analysis of literary works such as The Wretched of the Earth, Season of Migration to the North, 1984, and The Book of Chameleons. The findings of the study highlight how literature becomes a tool of resistance that, through deconstruction and subversion, reshapes identities, reclaims silenced stories, and undermines colonial authority. Equally significant, by demonstrating that meaning is never fixed, the strategies of deconstruction and subversion employed in these works underscore the power of literature to disrupt hegemonic narratives and to open up new, pluralistic perspectives on the complexities of the postcolonial world.

‘Who speaks for the silenced?’ A chant of compliance: redefining femininity and desire in Unoma Azuah’s Embracing My Shadow

2025-06-16

R. K. Jaishree Karthiga | African Identities

The Silent Struggle: Marginalization and Memory in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things

2025-06-15

Hamzah Khawwam Mahdi , Mohanad Mohamed Kadhim | Bilad Alrafidain Journal of Humanities and Social Science

Arundhati Roy creates a rich picture of life's complexity in The God of Small Things, utilizing the entwined fortunes of Ammu and her family in Kerala. Given the 1997 Booker … Arundhati Roy creates a rich picture of life's complexity in The God of Small Things, utilizing the entwined fortunes of Ammu and her family in Kerala. Given the 1997 Booker Prize, this book deftly examines how marginalization and memory influence our identities and paths of fate. This study explores Roy's story using critical discourse analysis, showing how society's standards about caste and class shape the lives of her characters, producing a moving, sad finale. Through the memories that plague every individual, the detailed sensory descriptions of the book carry us to defining and terrible events, exposing the ongoing echoes of past tragedies. Roy's story boldly confronts social inequalities and weaves personal experiences with more general political issues to highlight the quiet suffering inside India's "upside-down kingdom." Using this investigation, the book urges us to see the residual effects of historical wounds and inspires a contemplative interaction with the sometimes terrible reality of exclusion. This summary invites reader to contemplate how profoundly the outskirts of society and the shadows of memory shape our lives, capturing the book's intellectual and emotional core.

Chapter 12 – Setting Boundaries: Narrative Juxtaposition and the Negotiation of Identity in Contemporary Global Novels

2025-06-15

Jutta Zimmermann | V&R unipress eBooks

CHAPTER 6 Miskwabik’s Journey Beyond Minong

2025-06-14

Ryan Edward Peterson | Berghahn Books

Recognition and Recognizability in Lynn Nottage’s Ruined

2025-06-13

Hossein Keramatfar | Journal of Black Studies

This paper reexamines Lynn Nottage’s 2008 play Ruined , a powerful portrayal of Congolese women’s experiences during the civil war. Contrary to some critics’ argument that Ruined reinforces neoliberal ideals … This paper reexamines Lynn Nottage’s 2008 play Ruined , a powerful portrayal of Congolese women’s experiences during the civil war. Contrary to some critics’ argument that Ruined reinforces neoliberal ideals and/or stereotypes of victimhood, this study contends that Ruined in fact challenges dominant power structures through its portrayal of women’s struggles for recognition and agency. Drawing on Judith Butler’s concepts of recognition and recognizability, this study demonstrates how the play’s female characters contest patriarchal frames of recognition and seek to assert their own identities and preserve their humanity amidst the dehumanizing conditions. Ruined , the paper holds, inspires activism and embodies political hope through a focus on the ways in which Congolese women negotiate norms and frames that govern recognition and abjection. It, therefore, envisions a world where oppressed women can exercise creative agency and challenge dominant power structures.

Yorùbá folklore and mythical metaphors in Kunle Afolayan’s Citation

2025-06-12

Rukayat N. Banjo | Journal of African Cinemas

African films are often influenced by folklore and other cultural elements, including mythology, which is classified as a discrete historical and national storytelling pattern. Kunle Afolayan’s film Citation (2020) is … African films are often influenced by folklore and other cultural elements, including mythology, which is classified as a discrete historical and national storytelling pattern. Kunle Afolayan’s film Citation (2020) is one such film, embodying the supernatural, natural, spiritual and physical representations of Yorùbá folklorist mythology. This article examines the metaphor of the mythical figure, Mợremí Àjàṣorò, in this film, using the semiotic theory. It correlates the heroics of a mythical-cum-historical, legendary figure, Mợremí Àjàṣorò, with that of a fictional character, Mợremí Olùwá in this film, aiming to demonstrate the overlapping semblance between both. The study adopts qualitative research using the tool of content analysis to situate the metaphor apropos to the filmic text to establish the symbols of the Mợremí myth and unearth their signification in the film from the Yorùbá world-view.

An Anticolonial Eliot?: A Review of Ria Banerjee’s Drafty Houses

2025-06-11

John D. Morgenstern | The T S Eliot Studies Annual

Imperial Standards in African Publishing

2025-06-10

Diana Jeater | Channel View Publications eBooks

The Postcolonial Constellation

2025-06-09

| Duke University Press eBooks

This 2003 essay argues that postcoloniality is not a subset of globalization but that economic and political globalization is one set of forces within a larger constellation of forces, all … This 2003 essay argues that postcoloniality is not a subset of globalization but that economic and political globalization is one set of forces within a larger constellation of forces, all now postcolonial. The chapter explores the resistant and productive roles of contemporary art and curating within this constellation, particularly the use of strategies such as discontinuous, aleatory forms, creolization, and hybridity.

Chasing ghosts: Omar El Akkad’s Wasteocentric novels

2025-06-09

Pedro Miguel Carmona-Rodríguez | European Journal of English Studies

A Question of Place

2025-06-09

| Duke University Press eBooks

“A Question of Place: Revisions, Reassessments, Diaspora” was a contribution to Transforming the Crown: African, Asian, and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966–1996, an exhibition at the Franklin H. Williams Caribbean … “A Question of Place: Revisions, Reassessments, Diaspora” was a contribution to Transforming the Crown: African, Asian, and Caribbean Artists in Britain, 1966–1996, an exhibition at the Franklin H. Williams Caribbean Cultural Center/African Diaspora Institute, New York; the Studio Museum, Harlem; and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, between October 1997 and March 1998. The poems of Tchicaya U Tam’si and the art of Olu Oguibe and Rotimi Fani-Kayode are discussed.

Introduction: a Transcultural Aesthetics of Minor Literature

2025-06-04

Mukasa Mubirumusoke , Osman Nemli | BRILL eBooks

Intertextuality and Globalization in Orhan Pamuk's The Red-Haired Woman

2025-06-01

Duaa Salameh , Dina Salman , Areej Allawzi | Dirasat Human and Social Sciences

Objectives: This study examines Orhan Pamuk's novel The Red-Haired Woman and explores its thematic connections with classical literary works, specifically Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Abolqasem Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Additionally, it analyzes … Objectives: This study examines Orhan Pamuk's novel The Red-Haired Woman and explores its thematic connections with classical literary works, specifically Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Abolqasem Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Additionally, it analyzes the novel's function as a postmodern intertextual exploration of these classics and other works of literature mentioned in the novel, such as Fathers and Sons, Gulliver's Travels, Hamlet, just to mention a few. Methods: The analysis in this paper is grounded in the aesthetic theories of mimesis and anti-mimesis. By employing close reading and textual analysis, the paper investigates how the novel serves as a contact zone and shared property of literature. It also examines instances of imitation, replication, and reinterpretation within the novel, thereby demonstrating its contemporary and postmodern retelling of classical narratives. Results: The study reveals that Orhan Pamuk's novel successfully reimagines and retells the classical narratives of Oedipus Rex and Shahnameh in a contemporary and postmodern context. By employing mimetic and anti-mimetic techniques, the novel transcends local and national boundaries to become more universal and global in its appeal. This reinforces the consensus among scholars that Pamuk is indeed a writer of world literature, with his novels being read and appreciated on a global scale. Conclusion: This study demonstrates how The Red-Haired Woman functions as a fusion of diverse texts, contributing to the understanding of literature as a dynamic and interconnected entity. The novel's thematic connections with classical works, coupled with its postmodern exploration of intertextuality, highlight Pamuk's status as a writer of world literature.

Migrant Sense and Migrant Sensibility

2025-06-01

Manu Samriti Chander | Comparative Literature

Abstract This brief coda situates the essays collected in this issue in relation to both recent and now classic scholarly work on global Romanticism, cosmopolitanism, and nationalism. Abstract This brief coda situates the essays collected in this issue in relation to both recent and now classic scholarly work on global Romanticism, cosmopolitanism, and nationalism.

Titling and the Production of Meaning — A Semiotic Approach in the Novels Memory of Water and The Lady of the Shrine by Wassini Al-Araj

2025-06-01

Khaled Chebli | Science Education and Innovations in the Context of Modern Problems

Angry Planet: Decolonial Fiction and the American Third World by Anne Stewart (review)

2025-06-01

Sam Jacob | Modern fiction studies

Miskwabik’s Journey Beyond Minong:

2025-06-01

Ryan Edward Peterson | Berghahn Books

Migrant Aesthetics: Contemporary Fiction, Global Migration, and the Limits of Empathy by Glenda R. Carpio (review)

2025-06-01

Emma Bond | Modern fiction studies

Echoes of Resilience: The Transformative Power of Poetry During African Slavery

2025-05-31

Murthy Cherukuri | Shanlax International Journal of Arts Science and Humanities

This research paper intends to look into the role of poetry as a source of healing and hope for Africans, Who despite of being enslaved, stripped off their identity, freedom … This research paper intends to look into the role of poetry as a source of healing and hope for Africans, Who despite of being enslaved, stripped off their identity, freedom and cultural roots takes the courage to turn their verses as means of emotional solace, strength and a way of expressing resistance against oppression. Poetry has always been a part of culture for Africans. We get to see their rich tradition of music and dance being the crux of their identity. It is also an artistic outlet that deeply embed the histories of civilization and their cultures. Through evocative imagery, rhythmic steps and power of storytelling it carried profound symbolism offering comfort, belongingness and remembrance. This paper highlights how their natural ability of oral culture and saying verses helped them in reinstalling confidence about their intrinsic worth and perseverance in the face of brutality, especially in the aftermath of slavery. This write up shows how poetry appears as a transformative force with the examples of writers like Phillis Wheatly, Mahogany L Browne, Rudy Francisco, Langston Hughes, Maya Anjelou, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Claude Mckay, Gwendelyn Brooks,Nikki Giovanni and others.

Healing and Liberation Through Poetry: A Comparative Study of Rumi’s The Guest House and Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese

2025-05-31

R Sahana | Shanlax International Journal of Arts Science and Humanities

Rural to Urban Migration as A Class Struggle in Selected Tanzanian Young Adult Novels

2025-05-30

Peter John Madoshi , Salma O. Hamad , Emmanuel Kilatu | Cultural Arts Research and Development

This study examined a theme of rural to urban migration as highlighted in selected Tanzanian young adult novels. Significantly, the study sought to generate some knowledge on class struggle revealed … This study examined a theme of rural to urban migration as highlighted in selected Tanzanian young adult novels. Significantly, the study sought to generate some knowledge on class struggle revealed in the selected young adult novels in Tanzanian society. The study has used Marxist social critical theory as a literary criticism. We have examined qualitatively rural to urban migration as a phenomenon occurring in Tanzanian society as depicted in the selected young adult novels. We argued that rural to urban migration, as depicted in selected literary works, is a social indicator of social transformation in which class struggle emerges as a reaction to exploitation, class stratification and poverty caused by change of mode of production. We also observed that such young adult mobility affects the social welfare of the society culturally, socially and economically. drains the rural labour by creating a class of urban cheap labourers who threaten the material and moral prosperity of the society. We, thus, concluded that young adult novels mirror the social transformation in which a change of mode of production causes a class struggle among the young adults.