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1. Postcolonialism : an historical introduction

   Young, Robert, 1950-

   Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

   This innovative book by one of the leading exponents in the field introduces 'postcolonialism' in both theoretical and historical terms. Robert Young provides a wide-ranging analysis of postcolonial theory's emergence from anticolonial movements in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, tracing the development of a transnational third-world counter-modernity through the work of major figures of the freedom struggles, including Cabral, Connolly, Fanon, Gandhi, Guevara, Nkrumah, Mao, Mariategui, and Senghor, and through the roles played by women activists. Young suggests that the anti-colonial movements were revolutionary mixtures of the indigenous and the cosmopolitan, diasporic formations of intellectual and cultural resistance that produced new kinds of knowledge that flourished alongside anti-colonial political practice. Postcolonial theory marks the intrusion of these radically different perspectives into the academy, hitherto dominated by the criteria of the west. Young argues that while postcolonial critique challenges established, eurocentric knowledge in the cultural sphere, it must continue to work in the spirit of the anticolonial movements by further developing its radical political edge to enforce social justice on a global basis. This is a stimulating introduction for those new to postcolonial theory, while offering more advanced readers a fresh perspective on the dynamics and history of the field.

2. Postcolonialism : critical concepts in literary and cultural studies

   London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

   Postcolonialism: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies documents the scope of postcolonialism as a multidisciplinary project re-examining the history and legacy of colonialism from the perspectives of the colonized as well as the colonizers. This anthology gathers the most influential sources in postcolonial work from different disciplinary traditions, including some work in translation. Each entry is reprinted in full so that statements may be understood in their context. By establishing a critical archive of crucial writings from a variety of disciplines and geographical locations, the text outlines the shape of this controversial field, establishing a foundation for future work. It should prove a major resource for students in the humanities and social sciences as well as for postcolonial theorists seeking a comprehensive overview. Material is organized chronologically in thematic sections, ranging from 1835 to the present. Sections are structured around some of the key dialogues that have come to define the discipline, such as the Jameson/Ahmad debate on national allegory and the discussion generated by Gayatri Spivak's question: "can the subaltern speak?" The twelve sections cover: Framing the Field; Marxist, Liberation and Resistance Theories; Manifestos; National, Third World and Postcolonial Identities; Colonial Discourse Analysis; Orientalisms; Critical Race Theory; Feminisms and Gender Analysis; Internal Colonialisms and Subaltern Studies; Challenging Eurocentrism; Globalization, Transculturation and Neo-Colonialism; Postcolonial Theory and the Disciplines. Authors whose work is reprinted include Chinua Achebe, Aijaz Ahmad, Leila Ahmed, Samir Amin, Mario de Andrade, Arjun Appadurai, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Homi Bhabha, J.M. Blaut, Amilcar Cabral, Aime C?saire, Partha Chatterjee, Xiaomei Chen, Rey Chow, Arif Dirlik; W.E.B. DuBois, Johannes Fabian, Frantz Fanon, Andre Gunder Frank, Eduardo Galeano, Edouard Glissant, Nadine Gordimer, Stuart Hall, Bell Hooks, C.L.R. James, Jose Marti, Achille Mbembe, Albert Memmi, Masao Miyoshi, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Ashis Nandy, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Fernando Ortiz, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Walter Rodney, Edward Said, E. San Juan Jr., Nawal El Saadawi, Roberto Schwarz, Gayatri Spivak, Sara Suleri, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Immanuel Wallerstein.

3. Postcolonialism : an historical introduction

   Young, Robert, 1950-

   15th Anniversary ed. - Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

   "This book is concerned with the revolutionary history of the non-Western world and its centuries-long struggle to overthrow Western imperialism: from slow beginnings in the eighteenth century, the last half of the twentieth century witnessed more than a quarter of the world's population win their freedom. It was written before the momentous political events of the twenty-first century: published two months before the 9/11 attacks in 2001, and ten years before the Arab revolutions that erupted across the Arab world in 2011. It had been originally commissioned as an introduction to postcolonialism at a time when 'postcolonial theory' formed an innovative body of thinking that was making waves beyond its own disciplinary location. That interest was the mark of a new phase within many Western societies in which immigrants from the global South had begun to emerge as influential cultural voices challenging the basis of the manner in which European and North American societies represented themselves and their own histories. The late Edward Said and Stuart Hall both symbolized the ways in which intellectuals who had been born in former colonies became spokespersons for a popular radical re-evaluation of contemporary culture: a profound transformation of society and its values was underway. That revolution involved the consensus of an equality amongst different people and cultures rather than the hierarchy that had been developed since the beginning of the nineteenth century as a central feature of Western imperialism. Postcolonial critique has been so successful"--Provided by publisher.This seminal work now available in a 15th anniversary edition with a new preface is a thorough introduction to the historical and theoretical origins of postcolonial theory. * Provides a clearly written and wide-ranging account of postcolonialism, empire, imperialism, and colonialism, written by one of the leading scholars on the topic * Details the history of anti-colonial movements and their leaders around the world, from Europe and Latin America to Africa and Asia * Analyzes the ways in which freedom struggles contributed to postcolonial discourse by producing fundamental ideas about the relationship between non-western and western societies and cultures * Offers an engaging yet accessible style that will appeal to scholars as well as introductory students.

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