The Postcolonial Contemporary

Author : Jini Kim Watson,Gary Wilder
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780823280087

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The Postcolonial Contemporary by Jini Kim Watson,Gary Wilder Pdf

This volume invokes the “postcolonial contemporary” in order to recognize and reflect upon the emphatically postcolonial character of the contemporary conjuncture, as well as to inquire into whether postcolonial criticism can adequately grasp it. Neither simply for nor against postcolonialism, the volume seeks to cut across this false alternative, and to think with postcolonial theory about political contemporaneity. Many of the most influential frameworks of postcolonial theory were developed during the 1970s and 1990s, during what we may now recognize as the twilight of the postwar period. If forms of capitalist imperialism are entering into new configurations of neoliberal privatization, wars-without-end, xenophobic nationalism and unsustainable extraction, what aspects of postcolonial inquiry must be reworked or revised in order to grasp our political present? In twelve essays that draw from a number of disciplines—history, anthropology, literature, geography, indigenous studies— and regional locations (the Black Atlantic, South Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Australia, Argentina) The Postcolonial Contemporary seeks to move beyond the habitual oppositions that have often characterized the field, such as universal vs. particular; Marxism vs. postcolonialism; and politics vs. culture. These essays signal an attempt to reckon with new and persisting postcolonial predicaments and do so under four inter-related analytics: Postcolonial Temporality; Deprovincializing the Global South; Beyond Marxism versus Postcolonial Studies; and Postcolonial Spatiality and New Political Imaginaries.

Author : Padmini Mongia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000324327

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Contemporary Postcolonial Theory by Padmini Mongia Pdf

There is a crisis in contemporary postcolonial theory: while an enormous body of challenging research has been produced under its auspices, severely critical questions about the validity and usefulness of this theory have also been raised. This Reader is positioned at the juncture where it can address these contestations. It makes available some of the 'classics' of the field; engages with the issues raised by contemporary practitioners; but also offers several of the arguments that strongly critique postcolonial theory. Although postcolonial theory purports to be inter-disciplinary and frequently anti-foundationalist, traces of disciplinary formations and linearity have continued to haunt its articulations. This Reader, on the other hand, offers a uniquely inter-disciplinary mapping. It is concerned with three main areas: definitional problems and contests including the current challenges to postcolonial theory; the 'disciplining of knowledge', where the multiple resonances of the word 'disciplining' are all engaged; and the location of practice where the relations between intellectual practice and historical conditions are explored. Finally, since the guiding principle of this Reader is simultaneous attention to the enabling and constraining mechanisms of historical realities and institutional practices, the commentary problematizes the writing of histories, the formations of canons, and indeed the production of Readers.

Author : Maggie Awadalla,Paul March-Russell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137292087

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The Postcolonial Short Story by Maggie Awadalla,Paul March-Russell Pdf

This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary criticism may be. Focusing on short fiction between 1975 and today – the period in which critical theory came to determine postcolonial studies – it argues for a sophisticated critique exemplified by the ambiguity of the form.

Author : U. Mukherjee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230251328

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Postcolonial Environments by U. Mukherjee Pdf

Postcolonial Environments examines the relationship between contemporary environmental crises and culture by offering a series of provocative readings of key Indian novels in English, making an original and important contribution to the emerging theories of 'green postcolonialism'.

Author : Sara Blokland,Asmara Pelupessy
Publisher : Jap Sam Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9490322296

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Unfixed by Sara Blokland,Asmara Pelupessy Pdf

Exhibition at the CBK Center for Contemporary Art, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 23 October - 4 December 2010.

Author : A. Sen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137340184

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Postcolonial Yearning by A. Sen Pdf

Anglophone postcolonial studies has been characterized by its secular nature. Yet as the first generation of scholars grapples with mortality, a yearning for spiritual meaning is emerging in many texts. This study synthesizes the sacred language used in these texts with critical theory in order to create a holistic frame for interpretive analysis.

Author : Sandra Ponzanesi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791484517

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Paradoxes of Postcolonial Culture by Sandra Ponzanesi Pdf

Explores postcolonial discourse from the standpoint of feminism and writers in minority languages.

Author : Dr. Priyanka Singla , Dr. Hardeep Singh
Publisher : kitab writing publication
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789360925505

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Writing the Postcolonial Nation: Contemporary Indian Voices in English by Dr. Priyanka Singla , Dr. Hardeep Singh Pdf

In recent years, the literature of India has seen a remarkable resurgence with writers exploring diverse themes and narratives that reflect the complexity of the postcolonial experience. This edited volume, "Writing the Postcolonial Nation: Contemporary Indian Voices in English", brings together a collection of essays that delve into the portrayal of postcolonial features in the works of contemporary Indian writers. In the realm of literature, the impact of colonialism on the cultural and social fabric of a nation is a topic that has garnered much attention and debate. The echoes of colonial rule reverberate through the works of contemporary Indian writers in English, as they grapple with the legacy of imperialism and its lasting effects on their identities and narratives. This edited volume delves into the portrayal of postcolonial features in the works of these authors, exploring how they navigate and negotiate the complexities of a postcolonial world. The essays in this collection offer a multi-faceted analysis of contemporary Indian writing in English, examining the various ways in which writers engage with and subvert colonial discourse. From reimagining historical events to challenging traditional power structures, these authors use their stories to reclaim and redefine their cultural identities in a postcolonial context. Through a lens of postcolonial theory, the contributors to this volume shed light on how Indian writers in English interrogate the legacies of colonialism and envision new possibilities for a decolonized future. One of the central themes explored in this book is the notion of hybridity, a concept that reflects the blending of multiple cultural influences and identities. Indian writers in English often navigate this space of hybridity, drawing from both indigenous traditions and Western literary forms to create works that are uniquely Indian yet globally resonant. By embracing their diverse cultural heritage, these authors challenge essentialist notions of identity and offer a nuanced understanding of postcolonial experience. Another key focus of this volume is the concept of agency, as seen through the portrayal of marginalized voices and perspectives in contemporary Indian literature. Through the lens of post colonialism, the contributors to this volume analyze how writers empower themselves and their communities through storytelling, reclaiming their narratives from the confines of colonial discourse. By centering the voices of the marginalized and dispossessed, these authors challenge the dominant narratives of power and privilege and offer a counter-narrative that speaks truth to power. As editors of this volume, we hope to contribute to the ongoing conversation surrounding post colonialism and contemporary Indian literature in English.

Author : Padmini Mongia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literature, Modern
ISBN : 0195641590

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Contemporary Postcolonial Theory by Padmini Mongia Pdf

Author : Blanka Grzegorczyk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317962618

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Discourses of Postcolonialism in Contemporary British Children's Literature by Blanka Grzegorczyk Pdf

This book considers how contemporary British children’s books engage with some of the major cultural debates of recent years, and how they resonate with the current preoccupations and tastes of the white mainstream British reading public. A central assumption of this volume is that Britain’s imperial past continues to play a key role in its representations of race, identity, and history. The insistent inclusion of questions relating to colonialism and power structures in recent children’s novels exposes the complexities and contradictions surrounding the fictional treatment of race relations and ethnicity. Postcolonial children’s literature in Britain has been inherently ambivalent since its cautious beginnings: it is both transgressive and authorizing, both undercutting and excluding. Grzegorczyk considers the ways in which children’s fictions have worked with and against particular ideologies of race. The texts analyzed in this collection portray ethnic minorities as complex, hybrid products of colonialism, global migrations, and the ideology of multiculturalism. By examining the ideological content of these novels, Grzegorczyk demonstrates the centrality of the colonial past to contemporary British writing for the young.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004464261

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Postcolonial Youth in Contemporary British Fiction by Anonim Pdf

The concepts of 'youth' and the 'postcolonial' both inhabit a liminal locus where new ways of being in the world are rehearsed and struggle for recognition against the impositions of dominant power structures. Departing from this premise, the present volume focuses on the experience of postcolonial youngsters in contemporary Britain as rendered in fiction, thus envisioning the postcolonial as a site of fruitful and potentially transformative friction between different identitary variables or sociocultural interpellations. In so doing, this volume provides varied evidence of the ability of literature—and of the short story genre, in particular—to represent and swiftly respond to a rapidly changing world as well as to the new socio-cultural realities and conflicts affecting our current global order and the generations to come. Contributors are: Isabel M. Andrés-Cuevas, Isabel Carrera-Suárez, Claire Chambers, Blanka Grzegorczyk, Bettina Jansen, Indrani Karmakar, Carmen Lara-Rallo, Laura María Lojo-Rodríguez, Noemí Pereira-Ares, Gérald Préher, Susanne Reichl, Carla Rodríguez-González, Jorge Sacido-Romero, Karima Thomas and Laura Torres-Zúñiga.

Author : Iain Chambers,Alessandra De Angelis,Celeste Ianniciello,Mariangela Orabona
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317019633

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The Postcolonial Museum by Iain Chambers,Alessandra De Angelis,Celeste Ianniciello,Mariangela Orabona Pdf

This book examines how we can conceive of a ’postcolonial museum’ in the contemporary epoch of mass migrations, the internet and digital technologies. The authors consider the museum space, practices and institutions in the light of repressed histories, sounds, voices, images, memories, bodies, expression and cultures. Focusing on the transformation of museums as cultural spaces, rather than physical places, is to propose a living archive formed through creation, participation, production and innovation. The aim is to propose a critical assessment of the museum in the light of those transcultural and global migratory movements that challenge the historical and traditional frames of Occidental thought. This involves a search for new strategies and critical approaches in the fields of museum and heritage studies which will renew and extend understandings of European citizenship and result in an inevitable re-evaluation of the concept of ’modernity’ in a so-called globalised and multicultural world.

Author : Vivienne Jabri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136281501

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The Postcolonial Subject by Vivienne Jabri Pdf

This book places the lens on postcolonial agency and resistance in a social and geopolitical context that has witnessed great transformations in international politics. What does postcolonial politics mean in a late modern context of interventions that seek to govern postcolonial populations? Drawing on historic and contemporary articulations of agency and resistance and highlighting voices from the postcolonial world, the book explores the transition from colonial modernity to the late modern postcolonial era. It shows that at each moment wherein the claim to politics is made, the postcolonial subject comes face to face with global operations of power that seek to control and govern. As seen in the Middle East and elsewhere, these operations have variously drawn on war, policing, as well as pedagogical practices geared at governing the political aspirations of target societies. The book provides a conceptualisation of postcolonial political subjectivity, discusses moments of its emergence, and exposes the security agendas that seek to govern it. Engaging with political thought, from Hannah Arendt, to Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, and Edward Said, among other critical and postcolonial theorists, and drawing on art, literature, and film from the postcolonial world, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of critical international relations, postcolonial theory, and political theory.

Author : A. Teverson,S. Upstone
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230252257

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Postcolonial Spaces by A. Teverson,S. Upstone Pdf

With essays from a range of geographies and bringing together influential scholars across a range of disciplines, this book focuses on the role of space in the study of the politics of contemporary postcolonial experience, engaging with the spectrum of postcolonial spatialities which play a significant role in defining global postcolonial culture.

Author : Maggie Awadalla,Paul March-Russell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137292087

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The Postcolonial Short Story by Maggie Awadalla,Paul March-Russell Pdf

This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary criticism may be. Focusing on short fiction between 1975 and today – the period in which critical theory came to determine postcolonial studies – it argues for a sophisticated critique exemplified by the ambiguity of the form.