The Cambridge History of Postcolonial Literature 2 Volume Paperback Set

This major reference work will set the future agenda for the field.

Ato Quayson (Edited by)

9781108906562, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 8 April 2021

1424 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 6.7 cm, 2.26 kg

"I cannot see how this ambitious work can be bettered – or even equalled – anytime soon. Every postcolonial scholar and student would do well to have it on their shelves for constant reference." --Journal of Postcolonial Writing

Postcolonial studies is attentive to cultural differences, marginalisation and exclusion. Such studies pay equal attention to the lives and conditions of various racial minorities in the West, as well as to regional, indigenous forms of representation around the world as being distinct from a dominant Western tradition. With the consolidation of the field in the past forty years, the need to establish the terms by which we might understand the sources of postcolonial literary history is more urgent now than ever before. The Cambridge History of Postcolonial Literature is the first major collaborative overview of the field. A mix of geographic and thematic chapters allows for different viewpoints on postcolonial literary history. Chapters cover the most important national traditions, as well as more comparative geographical and thematic frameworks. This major reference work will set the future agenda for the field, whilst also synthesising its development for scholars and students.

Volume I. Chronology: 1. Introduction: postcolonial literature in a changing frame Ato Quayson
2. Postcolonial fictions of slavery Glenda R. Carpio
3. Postcolonialism and travel writing Gareth Griffiths
4. Missionary writing and postcolonialism Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi
5. Postcolonial auto/biography Philip Holden
6. Orality and the genres of African postcolonial writing Uzoma Esonwanne
7. Canadian literatures and the postcolonial Winfried Siemerling
8. Postcolonialism and Caribbean literature Elaine Savory
9. Postcolonialism and Arab literature Muhsin Al-Musawi
10. Postcolonialism and postcolonial writing in Latin America: a. Postcolonial literature in Latin America, 1492–1850 Francisco A. Ortega
b. Postcolonial writing in Latin America, 1850–2000 Marcos P. Natali
11. Postcolonial writing in South Africa Christopher Warnes
12. Postcolonial literature in Southeast Asia Rajeev S. Patke
13. Postcolonial South Asian poetry G. J. V. Prasad
14. Postcolonial writing in India Ananya Jahanara Kabir
15. Postcolonial writing in Australia and New Zealand Julian Murphet
16. Indigenous writings in Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a. Indigenous people's writing in Canada Daniel Heath Justice
b. Indigenous writing in Australia and New Zealand Anne Brewster
17. Postcolonial writing in Ireland Joe Cleary
18. Postcolonial writing in Britain John McLeod
19. Postcolonial writing in France Dominic Thomas
20. Postcolonial writing in Germany Sara Lennox. Volume II: 21. The language question in India and Africa: a. The language question in India Debjani Ganguly
b. The language question in Africa Bhekizizwe Peterson
22. English and the development of postcolonial literature Gabriella Mazzon
23. Religion and postcolonial writing Jamie S. Scott
24. Postcolonial responses to the Western canon Ankhi Mukherjee
25. Island writing, Creole cultures Elizabeth DeLoughrey
26. Magical realism Mariano Siskind
27. Palimpsest and hybridity in postcolonial writing Lene Johannessen
28. The narrative forms of postcolonial fiction Monika Fludernik
29. Poetry and postcolonialism Jahan Ramazani
30. Primitivism and postcolonial literature Victor Li
31. Popular culture and postcolonial literary production in Africa and India: a. Popular writing in India Abhijit Gupta
b. Popular writing in Africa Stephanie Newell
32. Film and postcolonial writing Lindiwe Dovey
33. Fanon, Memmi, Glissant and postcolonial writing Anjali Prabhu
34. Negritude and postcolonial literature H. Adlai Murdoch
35. Publishing, prizes, and postcolonial literary production Sandra Ponzanesi
36. Key journals and organizations Ira Raja and Deepika Bahri
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]