Routledge Companion to Postcolonial Studies

Informationen zum Autor John McLeod is Reader in Postcolonial and Diaspora Literatures at the School of English, University of Leeds. He is the author of numerous books, including Beginning Postcolonialism (Manchester University Press, 2000) and Postcolonial London: Rewriting the Metropolis (Routledge, 2004). Klappentext With an A¿Z of the key writers and thinkers central to contemporary postcolonial study, and featuring historical maps and full cross-referencing throughout, this is a comprehensive introduction to the history of the great European empires and the cultural legacies they left in their wake. Zusammenfassung With an A–Z of the key writers and thinkers central to contemporary postcolonial study, and featuring historical maps and full cross-referencing throughout, this is a comprehensive introduction to the history of the great European empires and the cultural legacies they left in their wake. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: The Colonial Empires 1. The British Empire 2. The French Empire 3. The Spanish and Portugese Empires 4. The Dutch Empire Part 2: Postcolonial Locations 5. Africa (North and Central) 6. Australasia 7. Canada 8. Caribbean 9. Ireland 10. South America 11. Southern Africa 12. South and East Asia 13. US and European Diasporas Part 3: Postcolonial Formulations 14. Psychological Formulations 15. Poststructuralist Formulations 16. Materialist Formulations 17. Culturalist Formulations Part 4: Key Writers and Thinkers Chronology. Further Reading. Index of Key Concepts

Product details

• Authors: John (University of Leeds Mcleod
• Assisted by: John McLeod (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415324960
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32496-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Companions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; HISTORY / Civilization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Colonialism & imperialism, Reference works, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General