Postcolonial Studies - The Key Concepts

Now in its fourth edition, this popular A-Z guide provides a comprehensive overview of the issues which characterize post-colonialism: explaining what it is, where it is encountered and the crucial part it plays in debates about race, gender, politics, language and identity.

List of contents

Introduction to the fourth edition
List of Key Concepts
THE KEY CONCEPTS
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index

About the author

Bill Ashcroft is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is a renowned critic and theorist, founding exponent of postcolonial theory, and author of 21 books and over 200 articles and chapters. He is co-editor of The Postcolonial Studies Reader (with Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin); he is also co-author of The Empire Writes Back (also with Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin), the first text to offer a systematic examination of the field of postcolonial studies.
Gareth Griffiths is Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. He is a pioneer in the field of postcolonial studies. He has also written extensively on African literatures and theatre. He has authored and edited 15 books and more than a hundred articles and chapters.
Helen Tiffin is Adjunct Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She has authored or edited 8 books and over 80 articles and chapters on postcolonial literatures, literary theory and animal and environmental subjects.

Summary

Now in its fourth edition, this popular A-Z guide provides a comprehensive overview of the issues which characterize post-colonialism: explaining what it is, where it is encountered and the crucial part it plays in debates about race, gender, politics, language and identity.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Ashcroft, Bill (University of New South Wales Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Griffiths Gareth, Helen Tiffin, Tiffin Helen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032805917
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3280591-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Routledge Key Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General