Selected Subaltern Studies (Essays from the 5 Volumes and a Glossary) - Softcover

Guha, Ranajit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195052897 ISBN 13: 9780195052893

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1988

Synopsis

This book collects ten essays from the five volumes of Subaltern Studies that have so far appeared. The aim of the studies is to 'promote a systematic and informed discussion of subaltern themes in the field of South Asian studies, and thus help to rectify the elitist bias characteristic of much research and academic work in this particular area. The contributors...focus attention on what Gramsci called the subaltern classes and their condition, and also re-examine well-known events and themes in the new, more rounded perspective. The contributors encompass history, politics, economics and sociology; attitudes, ideologies, and belief systems.' Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's essay 'Subaltern Studies: Deconstructing Historiography' introduces the volume and Edward Said, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia has provided a foreword.

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About the Author

Ranajit Guha is at Australian National University. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is at University of Pittsburgh. Edward Said is at Columbia University.

From the Back Cover

These ten essays culled from the five volumes of 'Subaltern Studies' aim to 'promote a systematic and informed discussion of subaltern themes in the field of South Asian studies, and thus help to rectify the elitist bias characteristic of much reserach and academic work in this particular area.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195052897
• ISBN 13: 9780195052893
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 452