Rethinking Postcolonialism: Colonialist Discourse in Modern Literatures and the Legacy of Classical Writers - Hardcover

Acheraļou, A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230552056 ISBN 13: 9780230552050

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

Acheraiou challenges postcolonial discourse analysis and proposes a new model of interpretation that resituates the historical, ideological and conceptual denseness of the Colonial idea. He questions key issues, including hybridity, Otherness and territoriality, and expands the postcolonial field by introducing ground-breaking theoretical concepts.

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About the Author

AMAR ACHERAIOU has taught in Algeria, Scotland and France. He has published numerous articles in American, British and French referred journals on modernist literatures, postmodernist thought and postcolonial theories. He is a regular reader and book reviewer for Conradiana and is Canadian Comparative Literature Association's Regional Representative for Quebec. He is currently editing Conrad and the Orient (forthcoming) and working on a book project entitled Post-Imperial Europe: Culture, Race, Identity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230552056
• ISBN 13: 9780230552050
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 260