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Postcolonial Theory A Critical Introduction
Second Edition
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Postcolonial Theory A Critical Introduction
Second Edition
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Published twenty years ago, Leela
Gandhi8217sPostcolonial Theory was a
landmark description of the field of postcolonial
studies in theoretical terms that set its
intellectual context alongside
poststructuralism, postmodernism, Marxism, and
feminism. Gandhi examined the contributions of
major thinkers such as Edward Said, Gayatri
Spivak, Homi Bhabha, and the subaltern
historians. The book pointed to
postcolonialism8217srelationship with earlier
anticolonial thinkers such as Frantz Fanon,
Albert Memmi, Ng361g297 wa Thiong8217o and
M. K. Gandhi and explained pertinent concepts
and schools of thought8213hyridity,
Orientalism, humanism, Marxist dialectics,
diaspora, nationalism, gendered subalternity,
globalization, and postcolonial feminism.The
revised edition of this classic work reaffirms
its status as a useful starting point for
readers new to the field and as a provocative
account that opens up possibilities for debate.
It includes substantial additions A new preface
and epilogue reposition postcolonial studies
within evolving intellectual contexts and take
stock of important critical developments. Gandhi
examines recent alliances with critical race
theory and Africanist postcolonialism, considers
challenges from postsecular and postcritical
perspectives, and takes into account the
ontological, environmental, affective, and
ethical turns in the changed landscape of
critical theory. She describes what is enduring
in postcolonial thinking8213asa critical
perspective within the academy and as an attitude
to the world
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that extends beyond the discipline of
postcolonial studies.
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Published twenty years ago, Leela
Gandhi8217sPostcolonial Theory was a
landmark description of the field of postcolonial
studies in theoretical terms that set its
intellectual
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context alongside poststructuralism,
postmodernism, Marxism, and feminism.
Gandhi examined the contributions of major
thinkers such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak,
Homi Bhabha, and the subaltern historians. The
book pointed to postcolonialism8217srelationshi
p with earlier anticolonial thinkers such as
Frantz Fanon, Albert Memmi, Ng361g297 wa
Thiong8217o and M. K. Gandhi and explained
pertinent concepts and schools of
thought8213hyridity, Orientalism, humanism,
Marxist dialectics, diaspora, nationalism,
gendered subalternity, globalization, and
postcolonial feminism.The revised edition of
this classic work reaffirms its status as a
useful starting point for readers new to the
field and as a provocative account that opens up
possibilities for debate. It includes
substantial additions A new preface and epilogue
reposition postcolonial studies within evolving
intellectual contexts and take stock of important
critical developments. Gandhi examines recent
alliances with critical race theory and
Africanist postcolonialism, considers challenges
from postsecular and postcritical perspectives,
and takes into account the ontological,
environmental, affective, and ethical turns in
the changed landscape of critical theory. She
describes what is enduring in postcolonial
thinking8213asa critical perspective within
the academy and as an attitude to the world that
extends beyond the discipline of postcolonial
studies.