Reading and Teaching the Postcolonial: From Baldwin to Basquiat and Beyond

by Cameron McCarthy and Greg Dimitriadis

Book Overview

In addition to providing an accessible introduction to postcolonial theory, the authors explore the enormous potential which postcolonial art offers educators--a wealth of material to draw upon for any rethinking of the school curriculum. Some of the artists discussed in this groundbreaking volume include: African-American critic and writer James Baldwin Trinidadian intellectual and activist C. L. R. James Novelist Wilson Harris of Guyana African-American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807741523
• ISBN13: 9780807741528
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.