The Cambridge introduction to postcolonial literatures in English /
C.L. Innes.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- 295 p. ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge introductions to literature .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface. - Ch. 1: Introduction: situating the post-colonial. - Ch. 2: Post-colonial issues in performance. - Ch. 3: Alternative histories and writing back. - Ch. 4: Authorizing the self: post-colonial autobiographical writing. - Ch. 5: Situating the self: landscape and place. - Ch. 6: Appropriating the word: language and voice. - Ch. 7: "Narrating the nation": form and genre. Ch. 8: Rewriting her story: nation and gender. - Ch. 9: Rewriting the nation: acknowledging economic and cultural diversity. - Ch. 10: Transnational and black British writing: colonizing in reverse. - Ch. 11: Citizens of the world: reading postcolonial literature. - Notes. - Glossary of terms used (compiled by Kaori Nagai).
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Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism Postcolonialism in literature Colonies in literature