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Terror and the Postcolonial
Contributor(s): Boehmer, Elleke (Editor), Morton, Stephen (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1405191546     ISBN-13: 9781405191548
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 820.9
LCCN: 2009009387
Series: Blackwell Concise Companions to Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.49" W x 9.41" L (1.68 lbs) 408 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 280
 
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Terror and the Postcolonial is a major comparative study of terrorism and its representations in postcolonial theory, literature, and culture.

  • A ground-breaking study addressing and theorizing the relationship between postcolonial studies, colonial history, and terrorism through a series of contemporary and historical case studies from various postcolonial contexts
  • Critically analyzes the figuration of terrorism in a variety of postcolonial literary texts from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
  • Raises the subject of terror as both an expression of globalization and a postcolonial product
  • Features key essays by well-known theorists, such as Robert J. C. Young, Derek Gregory, and Achille Mbembe, and Vron Ware
 
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