Subalternity and Representation: Arguments in Cultural Theory

by John Beverley

Book Overview

The term "subalternity" refers to a condition of subordination brought about by colonization or other forms of economic, social, racial, linguistic, and/or cultural dominance. Subaltern studies is, therefore, a study of power. Who has it and who does not? Who is gaining it and who is losing it? Power is intimately related to questions of representation--to which representations have cognitive authority and can secure hegemony and which do not and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822324164
• ISBN13: 9780822324164
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.2"