English Postcoloniality: Literatures from Around the World

by Radhika Mohanram and Gita Rajan

As the British empire expanded throughout the world, the English language played an important role in power relations between Britain and its colonies. English was used as a colonizing agent to suppress the indigenous cultures of various peoples and to make them subject to British rule. With the end of World War II, many countries became gradually decolonized, and their indigenous cultures experienced a renaissance. Colonial mores and power systems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313288542
• ISBN13: 9780313288548
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"