Exotic parodies : subjectivity in Adorno, Said, and Spivak

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Exotic parodies : subjectivity in Adorno, Said, and Spivak

Asha Varadharajan

University of Minnesota Press, c1995

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Includes biliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780816625284

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This ground-breaking text begins with the premise that postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and Marxism continue to present certain problems with the self/other distinction. It goes on to offer the first extended critique of the work of Gayatri Spivak; challenge the critical reception of Adorno in the American academy; examine Said's connection to Adorno; and make the first extended use of Adorno's "negative dialectics" in the context of postcolonial theory. Varadharajan attempts to reformulate the agenda of postcolonialism and to establish much needed ground for the evaluation of specific critical positions and practices occasioned by its discourse. Her daring interpretative moves and highly nuanced readings of complex issues in Marxist and poststructuralist theory should be of interest to those contemplating relations between feminism, post-colonialism, Marxism and deconstruction.

Table of Contents

  • The ends(s) of (wo)man - or, the limits of difference
  • rethinking the object
  • Teodor W. Adorno
  • gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - the "curious guardian at the margin"
  • Edward W. Said
  • conclusion - "...the inextinguishable colour from non-being".
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:pbk. ISBN 9780816625291

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Exotic Parodies was first published in 1995. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This groundbreaking text begins with the premise that postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and Marxism continue to present certain problems with the self/other distinction. It goes on to offer the first extended critique of the work of Gayatri Spivak; challenge the critical reception of Adorno in the American academy; examine Said's connection to Adorno; and make the first in-depth use of Adorno's Negative Dialectics in the context of postcolonial theory. Varadharajan attempts to reformulate the agenda of postcolonialism and to establish a much-needed basis for the evaluation of specific critical positions and practices occasioned by its discourse. Her daring interpretative moves and highly nuanced readings of complex issues in Marxist and poststructuralist theory will be of interest to those contemplating relations between feminism, postcolonialism, Marxism, and deconstruction.

Table of Contents

  • The ends(s) of (wo)man - or, the limits of difference
  • rethinking the object
  • Teodor W. Adorno
  • gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - the "curious guardian at the margin"
  • Edward W. Said
  • conclusion - "...the inextinguishable colour from non-being".

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