Bibhash Choudhury

Gebundenes Buch

Reading Postcolonial Theory

Key texts in context

Beschreibung

This book is an essential introduction to significant texts in postcolonial theory. It looks at seminal works in the 'moments of their making' and delineates the different threads that bind postcolonial studies. Each chapter presents a comprehensive discussion of a major text and contextualises it in the wake of contemporary themes and debates.

Autor

Bibhash Choudhury teaches English in Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India. He is the author of English Social and Cultural History (2005), Beyond Cartography: The Contemporary South Asian Novel in English (2011) and E. L. Doctorow's Ragtime (2013). He has also edited a number of books including Edward Said and the Politics of Culture (2008), Amitav Ghosh: Critical Essays (2009) and Western Mythology: Accounts, Versions, Tales (2014).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781138181922
• ISBN-10: 1138181927
• Artikelnr.: 43859004