English postcoloniality : literatures from around the world

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    • Mohanram, Radhika
    • Rajan, Gita

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English postcoloniality : literatures from around the world

edited by Radhika Mohanram and Gita Rajan

(Contributions to the study of world literature, no. 66)

Greenwood Press, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206) and index

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内容説明

As the British empire expanded throughout the world, the English language played an important role in power relations between Britain and its colonies. English was used as a colonizing agent to suppress the indigenous cultures of various peoples and to make them subject to British rule. With the end of World War II, many countries became gradually decolonized, and their indigenous cultures experienced a renaissance. Colonial mores and power systems clashed and combined with indigenous traditions to create postcolonial texts. This volume treats postcoloniality as a process of cultural and linguistic interplay, in which British culture initially suppressed indigenous cultures and later combined with them after the decline of the British empire. The first section of this book provides an introductory overview of English postcoloniality. This section is followed by chapters discussing postcoloniality and literature from an historical perspective in particular countries around the world. The third section gives special attention to the literature and culture of indigenous peoples. A selected bibliography concludes the work.

目次

General Introduction Introduction: The Concept of English Postcoloniality by Gita Rajan and Radhika Mohanram A Postcolonial Tale by Joy Harjo Historical Survey Out of the Center: Thoughts on the Postcolonial Literatures of Australia and New Zealand by Ralph Crane "A Terrible Beauty is Born": Irish Literature as a Paradigm for the Formation of Postcolonial Literatures by Ian Crump Caribbean Writing in English: Intimations of a Historical Nightmare by P.S. Chauhan Postcolonial East African Literature: Towards a Literature of the People, for the People, and by the People by Jeannine DeLombard South African Writing in English by John C. Hawley Between Cultures: Insights on West African Writing in English by Anthonia Kalu Language, Identity, and Nation in Postcolonial Indian English Literature by Aparna Dharwadker and Vinay Dharwadker Prolegomena to the Study of Pakistani English and Pakistani Writing in English by Alamgir Hashmi Canadian Writing in English and Multiculturalism by Leon Litvack Historical Review of African-American Literature by Christopher Wise and Cora Agatucci Indigenous Literature Margin or Centre? "Let me tell you! In the Land of my Ancestors I am the Centre": Indigenous Writing in Aotearoa by Powhiri Wharemarama Rika-Heke On Women's Writings in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Patricia Grace, Keri Hulme, Cathie Dunsford by Sigrid Markmann Nesting in the Ruins by Norma Wilson Aboriginal Writing: Twisting the Colonial Super-narrative by Hugh Webb Bibliography of Further Reading Index

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