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Contemporary Postcolonial Theory: A Reader

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Product Description There is a crisis in contemporary postcolonial theory: while an enormous body of challenging research has been produced under its auspices, severely critical questions about the validity and usefulness of this theory have also been raised. This Reader is positioned at the juncture where it can address these contestations. It makes available some of the 'classics' of the field; engages with the issues raised by contemporary practitioners; but also offers several of the arguments that strongly critique postcolonial theory. Although postcolonial theory purports to be inter-disciplinary and frequently anti-foundationalist, traces of disciplinary formations and linearity have continued to haunt its articulations. This Reader, on the other hand, offers a uniquely inter-disciplinary mapping. It is concerned with three main areas: definitional problems and contests including the current challenges to postcolonial theory; the 'disciplining of knowledge', where the multiple resonances of the word 'disciplining' are all engaged; and the location of practice where the relations between intellectual practice and historical conditions are explored. Finally, since the guiding principle of this Reader is simultaneous attention to the enabling and constraining mechanisms of historical realities and institutional practices, the commentary problematizes the writing of histories, the formations of canons, and indeed the production of Readers. From the Back Cover The texts are arranged in three sections: the first deals with definitional problems and contests; the next with the 'disciplining of knowledge' where the multiple resonances of the word 'disciplining' are all addressed; and the third with the location of practice, which explores the relation between intellectual practice and historical conditions. With its substantial contextualizing introduction, this selection of key texts offers students an invigorating entry into contemporary post colonial theory. About the Author Mongia, Padmini

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Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0367717794
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 31 March 2021
Listed Since: 06 February 2021

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