Cultural Readings of Imperialism: Edward Said and the Gravity of History - Softcover

Keith Ansell-Pearson, Benita Parry, Judith Squires

9789350022566: Cultural Readings of Imperialism: Edward Said and the Gravity of History

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9350022567 ISBN 13: 9789350022566

Publisher: Aakar Books, 2014

Edward said is a major 20th-century thinker his impact on the way we think about identity and postcolonialism has been profound and transformative in this book of essays, scholars of postcolonial studies, philosophy and literary criticism, informed by saids wide-ranging scholarship, engage with and extend his work robert young, author of white mythologies, focuses his essay on the notion of hybridity and ethnicity in england benita parry explores how a very english story of imperialism is narrated in conrads nostromo other contributors include bryan cheyette, moira ferguson and bruce robbins the collection also looks at the work of frantz fanon and cultural difference in africa and following saids work and activism around the palestinian question there are also essays exploring the relationship betwen jewish and arabic identity keith ansell-pearson is the author of nietzsche, deleuze and the philosophy machine benita parry is the author of delusions and discoveries: studies on india in the british imagination and conrad and imperialism judith squires is the joint editor of cultural remix: theories of politics and the popular and space and place: theories of identity and location

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