Postcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Pramod K. Nayar

Postcolonialism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural studies since the late 1980s. The term is heavily loaded and has come to mean a wide, and often bewildering, variety of approaches, methods, politics and ideas. Beginning with the historical origins of postcolonial thought in the writings of Gandhi, Cesaire and Fanon, this guide moves on to Edward Said's articulation into a critical approach and finally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826437001
• ISBN13: 9780826437006
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"