Colonial and postcolonial literature : migrant metaphors / Elleke Boehmer.

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Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191531095
019153109X
9786610904846
6610904847
1280904844
9781280904844
0199253714
9780199253715

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Colonial and postcolonial literature.; Print version:: Colonial and postcolonial literature.DDC classification:

820.9/9171241 22

LOC classification:

PR9080 .B64 2005eb

Other classification:

18.07

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Contents:

Contents; Maps; Introduction; 1 Imperialism and Textuality; 2 Colonialist Concerns; 3 The Stirrings of New Nationalism; 4 Metropolitans and Mimics; 5 Independence; 6 Postcolonialism; 7 Afterword: Belated Reading; Chronology of Key Events and Publications; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Index.

Summary: Praised as an indispensable, uniquely inclusive study of the field, Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the definitive, founding introduction to the exciting growth area of colonial and postcolonial writing in English. It combines a broad-ranging, contextualising narrative situating key developments in imperial and postcolonial history, with theoretically astute close readings of key texts that illuminate important concepts and definitions, including 'writing back' and. 'mimicry'. This revised edition includes a new chapter surveying postcolonialism in the twenty-first century and a fully.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-342) and index.

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Praised as an indispensable, uniquely inclusive study of the field, Colonial and Postcolonial Literature is the definitive, founding introduction to the exciting growth area of colonial and postcolonial writing in English. It combines a broad-ranging, contextualising narrative situating key developments in imperial and postcolonial history, with theoretically astute close readings of key texts that illuminate important concepts and definitions, including 'writing back' and. 'mimicry'. This revised edition includes a new chapter surveying postcolonialism in the twenty-first century and a fully.

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