Postcolonialism : a very short introduction / Robert J.C. Young.

By: Young, Robert Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003. Description: 178 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN: 97801959786; 0192801821; 9780192801821Subject(s): PostcolonialismDDC classification: 325.3 LOC classification: JV51 | .Y67 2003Online resources: WorldCat details | E-book Fulltext

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TOC Subaltern knowledge. -- History and power, from below and above. -- Space and land. -- Hybridity. -- Postcolonial feminism. -- Globalization from a postcolonial perspective. -- Translation.

Summary: Summary: "This book is quite unlike any other introduction to postcolonialism. Robert Young examines the political, social, and cultural after-effects of decolonization by presenting situations, experiences, and testimony rather than examining the abstract theory. He situates the debate in a wide cultural context discussing its importance as an historical condition, using examples such as the status of aboriginal people, of those dispossessed from their land, Algerian rai music, postcolonial feminism, and global social and ecological movements. Above all, Young argues that postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global inequality, which in a new way continues the anti-colonial struggles of the past."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU E-book	Non-fiction	325.3 YOP 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not for loan
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	325.3 YOP 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		17998

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC Subaltern knowledge. --
History and power, from below and above. --
Space and land. --
Hybridity. --
Postcolonial feminism. --
Globalization from a postcolonial perspective. --
Translation.

Summary:
"This book is quite unlike any other introduction to postcolonialism. Robert Young examines the political, social, and cultural after-effects of decolonization by presenting situations, experiences, and testimony rather than examining the abstract theory. He situates the debate in a wide cultural context discussing its importance as an historical condition, using examples such as the status of aboriginal people, of those dispossessed from their land, Algerian rai music, postcolonial feminism, and global social and ecological movements. Above all, Young argues that postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global inequality, which in a new way continues the anti-colonial struggles of the past."--BOOK JACKET.

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