The Post-colonial Studies Reader

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Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin
Taylor & Francis, 2006 - 587 pages

The essential introduction to the most important texts in post-colonial theory and criticism, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include 121 extracts from key works in the field.

Leading, as well as lesser known figures in the fields of writing, theory and criticism contribute to this inspiring body of work that includes sections on nationalism, hybridity, diaspora and globalization. The Reader's wide-ranging approach reflects the remarkable diversity of work in the discipline along with the vibrancy of anti-imperialist writing both within and without the metropolitan centres. Covering more debates, topics and critics than any comparable book in its field, The Post-Colonial Studies Reader is the ideal starting point for students and issues a potent challenge to the ways in which we think and write about literature and culture.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION
5
Abdul R JanMohamed
19
Benita Parry
44
Stephen Slemon
51
Nicholas B Dirks
57
Achille Mbembe
66
Chinua Achebe
73
Alan J Bishop
80
Raja
276
Bill Ashcroft
277
Chantal Zabus
285
Frantz Fanon
291
Russell McDougall
298
Gillian Whitlock
306
Reina Lewis
313
José Rabasa
319

Tsenay Serequeberhan
89
Edward W Said
95
Salman Rushdie
97
Helen Tiffin
99
Elleke Boehmer
113
Partha Chatterjee
126
Kirsten Holst Petersen and Anna Rutherford
139
Edward Kamau Brathwaite
152
Homi K Bhabha
155
Gareth Griffiths
165
James Clifford
180
PART SEVEN
189
Mike Hill
203
Henry Louis Gates
216
Pal Ahluwalia
230
PART NINE
233
Trinh T Minhha
246
PART
261
Peter Hulme
325
Dipesh Chakrabarty
340
Graham Huggan
355
PART FOURTEEN
371
Thomas Macaulay
374
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongo
389
S I A Kotei
404
Arjun Appadurai
417
Stuart Hall
435
James Clifford
451
Arjun Appadurai
468
Guy Hardt and Antonio Negri
481
Alfred W Crosby
494
Gordon Sayre
507
Laura E Donaldson
522
Richard King
531
Index 576
580
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