Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 111878099X ISBN 13: 9781118780992

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 2015

Synopsis

This new anthology brings together the most diverse and recent voices in postcolonial theory to emerge since 9/11, alongside classic texts in established areas of postcolonial studies.

• Brings fresh insight and renewed political energy to established domains such as nation, history, literature, and gender
• Engages with contemporary concerns such as globalization, digital cultures, neo-colonialism, and language debates
• Includes wide geographical coverage – from Ireland and India to Israel and Palestine
• Provides uniquely broad coverage, offering a full sense of the tradition, including significant essays on science, technology and development, education and literacy, digital cultures, and transnationalism
• Edited by a distinguished postcolonial scholar, this insightful volume serves scholars and students across multiple disciplines from literary and cultural studies, to anthropology and digital studies

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This new Anthology brings together the most diverse and recent voices in postcolonial theory, engaging with contemporary concerns such as globalization, digital cultures, neo-colonialism and language debates, and situating these voices within a tradition of postcolonial studies.Establisheddomains, such as nation, history, literature, and gender, are represented with fresh insight and renewed political vigour.TheAnthology provides uniquely broad coverage, offering a full and adequate sense of the tradition,including significant essays on science, technology and development, education and literacy, digital cultures, and transnationalism.

Edited by distinguished postcolonial scholar Pramod K.Nayar, Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology serves scholars and students across multiple disciplines from literary studies to anthropology, cultural studies, and digital studies.

About the Author:

Pramod K. Nayar teaches at the Department of English, The University of Hyderabad, India. His most recent books include The Postcolonial Studies Dictionary (Wiley-Blackwell 2015), the 5-volume edited collection Women in Colonial India: Historical Documents and Sources (2014), Frantz Fanon (2013), Posthumanism (Polity 2013), Colonial Voices: The Discourses of Empire (Wiley-Blackwell 2012), Writing Wrongs: The Cultural Construction of Human Rights in India (2012), The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell 2010), and An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures (Wiley-Blackwell 2010).

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 111878099X
• ISBN 13: 9781118780992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 671
• Editor: Nayar Pramod K.