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The Postcolonial Studies Dictionary

“Pramod Nayar’s The Postcolonial Studies Dictionary, with its careful explication of concepts and terms associated with various forms of colonial discourses and postcolonial writing, serves the purpose of being both a ready-reference guide and a scholarly exposition of the theoretical frameworks of the "discipline" of postcolonial studies.  Lavishly illustrated through citations from literary-cultural texts, the Dictionary maps the tradition of critical thought we know as postcolonialism while bringing it right up to the contemporary era’s E-Empires, neocolonialism’s anthropocene visuality and new forms of hybridity in the age of the digital. An eminently useable work.”—Senath Perera, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Pramod K. Nayar (Author)

9781118781043, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 5 June 2015

208 pages
23.1 x 15.5 x 1 cm, 0.268 kg

This new Dictionary features a thoughtfully collated collection of over 150 jargon-free definitions of key terms and concepts in postcolonial theory.

  • Features a brief introduction to postcolonial theory and a list of suggested further reading that includes the texts in which many of these terms originated
  • Each entry includes the origins of the term, where traceable; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term’s use in literary-cultural texts
  • Incorporates terms and concepts from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, literary studies, science, economics, globalization studies, politics, and philosophy
  • Provides an ideal companion text to the forthcoming Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology, which is also edited by Pramod K. Nayar, a highly-respected authority in the field

List of Terms vi

Acknowledgements ix  

Preface x

Dictionary 1

References 170

Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
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