Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Live Theory

by Mark Sanders

Overview

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Live Theory offers a concise, comprehensive and accessible introduction to the themes central to the thought of one of the world's most provocative and original theorists. The book concentrates on Spivak's engagement, in theory and practice, with deconstruction, Marxism, feminism, and issues of postcoloniality and globalization, and makes clear the extent of her impact in the fields of postcolonial and literary theory. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: Live Theory is a key resource for anyone studying this pioneering thinker.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826463197
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/19/2006
Series:	Live Theory
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Mark Sanders is Associate Professor in English and American Literature at Brandeis University, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Literature, Reading and Transnational Literacy

Chapter 2 Theory in Translation

Chapter 3 Marx after Derrida

Chapter 4 Feminism Internationalized

Chapter 5 Thoughts on War and Suicide

Interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Bibliography