The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521534186 ISBN 13: 9780521534185

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

A comprehensive introduction to postcolonialism, this Companion examines different aspects of postcolonial thought and culture that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postcolonialism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, and modern cultural studies. Additional material includes a guide to further reading and a chronology.

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Book Description:

This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism. The volume provides examinations of the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postmodernism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, and modern cultural studies. Additional material includes a guide to further reading and a chronology.

Review:

"Lazarus brings together 12 original essays and contributes both a fine introduction and an unusual, useful chronology that links the events and texts marking the end of colonization with the emergence of postcolonial studies as a theoretical discourse. Essential." K. Tölölyan, Wesleyan University, CHOICE

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521534186
• ISBN 13: 9780521534185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Lazarus Neil