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Writing Postcolonial History
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Artikel-Nr:
9780340949993
Veröffentl:
2011
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.03.2011
Seiten:
192
Autor:
Rochona Majumdar
Gewicht:
318 g
Format:
231x155x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Rochona Majumdar is a rising star in the world of postcolonial studies; she has worked with many of the key postcolonial theorists including Dipesh Chakrabarty. She is Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
Writing Postcolonial History addresses the relationship between postcolonial theory and history. It provides students with critical analyses of postcolonial histories from around the world. In addition, it discusses the benefits and shortcomings of this form of writing by situating postcolonial history amidst other modes of historical inquiry.
Includes examples from Latin America and Africa as well as Asia
Anticolonial Struggles and Postcolonial History / The Beginnings of Postcolonial History Writing: Edward Said and Subaltern Studies / The Nation-State, Nationalism, and History: Key Themes in Postcolonial History / Regions and Postcolonial Histories: Africa and Latin America / Postcolonial Gender Histories / Postcolonial Histories and Empire: A History from the Present