Ania Loomba's colonial and postcolonial
Ania Loomba's Colonialism and Postcolonialism is an invaluable introductory text to the many theories, debates and critical agendas that inform and animate postcolonial studies. Colonial and postcolonial is the essential introduction to a vibrant and politically charged area of literary-cultural study. It is the ideal guide for students new to colonial discourse theory, postcolonial studies or post-colonial theory as well as a reference for advanced students and teachers.
At the similar time, the relevance of postcolonial studies to our world continues to question. Colonialism/Postcolonialism discusses this question, putting postcolonial studies in relation to globalization and new imperial constructions. Postcolonial studies had already become, in the words of Stuart Hall, ‘the bearer of such powerful unconscious investments – a sign of the desire for some, and equally for others, a signifier of danger’.
This book also distributed into three main chapters. The first chapter discusses the different meanings of terms such as colonialism, imperialism and postcolonialism, and the controversies surrounding them. This chapter will introduce readers to aspects of poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist and post-modern thought which have become important or controversial in relation to postcolonial studies. The last section of the chapter discusses the creations as well as the problems that have been generated by the literary beginning and inflexion of colonial discourse studies. The second chapter considers the complexities of colonial and postcolonial subjects and identities.
In the third chapter, processes of decolonization and the problems of recovering the viewpoint of colonized subjects from a ‘postcolonial’ perspective are examined.
In this book, two things are in particular make this book especially noteworthy: the first is its clarity and accessibility, especially in its explanations of the complex philosophical ideas that form the basis of postcolonial criticism. The second is its contemporary relevance, as this edition has been updated to engage with political and social events over the last decade. The first chapter presents a comprehensive introduction to the field as well as an overview of its theoretical background through definitions of critical terms such as ‘colonialism’, ‘imperialism’ and ‘discourse’.
At the conclusion of this essay postcolonial realized that even though the colonial era has finished yet, but the practices have not come to an end and now has turned its face into neo-colonialism. In a postcolonial perspective, literary works emerged to disclose conquest, injustice, violence, discrimination, inequality, to sound of marginal and subaltern people, so that from postcolonial productions yielded social and political products. Postcolonial has been one of the most powerful means of re-examining the historical past and re-configuring our contemporary worldwide cultural concerns.
Ania Loomba's Colonialism and Postcolonialism is an invaluable introductory text to the many theories, debates and critical agendas that inform and animate postcolonial studies. Colonial and postcolonial is the essential introduction to a vibrant and politically charged area of literary-cultural study. It is the ideal guide for students new to colonial discourse theory, postcolonial studies or post-colonial theory as well as a reference for advanced students and teachers.
At the similar time, the relevance of postcolonial studies to our world continues to question. Colonialism/Postcolonialism discusses this question, putting postcolonial studies in relation to globalization and new imperial constructions. Postcolonial studies had already become, in the words of Stuart Hall, ‘the bearer of such powerful unconscious investments – a sign of the desire for some, and equally for others, a signifier of danger’.
This book also distributed into three main chapters. The first chapter discusses the different meanings of terms such as colonialism, imperialism and postcolonialism, and the controversies surrounding them. This chapter will introduce readers to aspects of poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist and post-modern thought which have become important or controversial in relation to postcolonial studies. The last section of the chapter discusses the creations as well as the problems that have been generated by the literary beginning and inflexion of colonial discourse studies. The second chapter considers the complexities of colonial and postcolonial subjects and identities.
In the third chapter, processes of decolonization and the problems of recovering the viewpoint of colonized subjects from a ‘postcolonial’ perspective are examined.
In this book, two things are in particular make this book especially noteworthy: the first is its clarity and accessibility, especially in its explanations of the complex philosophical ideas that form the basis of postcolonial criticism. The second is its contemporary relevance, as this edition has been updated to engage with political and social events over the last decade. The first chapter presents a comprehensive introduction to the field as well as an overview of its theoretical background through definitions of critical terms such as ‘colonialism’, ‘imperialism’ and ‘discourse’.
At the conclusion of this essay postcolonial realized that even though the colonial era has finished yet, but the practices have not come to an end and now has turned its face into neo-colonialism. In a postcolonial perspective, literary works emerged to disclose conquest, injustice, violence, discrimination, inequality, to sound of marginal and subaltern people, so that from postcolonial productions yielded social and political products. Postcolonial has been one of the most powerful means of re-examining the historical past and re-configuring our contemporary worldwide cultural concerns.
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