Edward Said and the Work of the Critic: Speaking Truth to Power

by Paul A. Bové

Book Overview

For at least two decades the career of Edward Said has defined what it means to be a public intellectual today. Although attacked as a terrorist and derided as a fraud for his work on behalf of his fellow Palestinians, Said's importance extends far beyond his political activism. In this volume a distinguished group of scholars assesses nearly every aspect of Said's work--his contributions to postcolonial theory, his work on racism and ethnicity, his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822324873
• ISBN13: 9780822324874
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.