Post-colonial transformation

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Author:

Ashcroft, Bill, 1946-

ISBN:

9780415238298

9780415238304

Personal Author:

Ashcroft, Bill, 1946-

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2001.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Abstract:

"Post-Colonial Transformation demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been; investigates political and literary resistance; examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory and place; and offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in principles of habitation and horizonality." "Post-Colonial Transformation breaks new theoretical ground while demonstrating the relevance of a wide range of theoretical practices, and extending the exploration of topics fundamentally important to the field of post-colonial studies."--BOOK JACKET.

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In his new book, Bill Ashcroft gives us a revolutionary view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control.
The most comprehensive analysis of major features of post-colonial studies ever compiled, Post-Colonial Transformation:
* demonstrates how widespread the strategy of transformation has been
* investigates political and literary resistance
* examines the nature of post-colonial societies' engagement with imperial language, history, allegory, and place
* offers radical new perspectives in post-colonial theory in principles of habitation and horizonality.
Post-Colonial Transformation breaks new theoretical ground while demonstrating the relevance of a wide range of theoretical practices, and extending the exploration of topics fundamentally important to the field of post-colonial studies.