Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts

by Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin

Overview

This hugely popular A-Z guide provides a comprehensive overview of the issues which characterize post-colonialism: explaining what it is, where it is encountered and the crucial part it plays in debates about race, gender, politics, language and identity.

For this third edition over thirty new entries have been added including:

• Cosmopolitanism
• Development
• Fundamentalism
• Nostalgia
• Post-colonial cinema
• Sustainability
• Trafficking
• World Englishes.

Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts remains an essential guide for anyone studying this vibrant field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415661904
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2013
Series:	Routledge Key Guides
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bill Ashcroft teaches at the University of NSW, Gareth Griffiths at the University of Western Australia and Helen Tiffin at the University of New England. They are the editors of The Post Colonial Studies Reader and the authors of The Empire Writes Back, both published by Routledge.

Table of Contents

Introduction List of Key Concepts KEY CONCEPTS Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

The shifting nature of this field and the evolving or changing meaning of its terminology and concepts make this dictionary a welcome addition. It will pave a smoother research path for student and scholars pursuing the issues that characterize postcolonial theory.

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