Postcolonial Discourse and Changing Cultural Contexts: Theory and Criticism

by Radhika Mohanram and Gita Rajan

Postcolonial discourse is fast becoming an area of rich academic debate. At the heart of coloniality and postcoloniality is the contested authority of empire and its impact upon previously colonized peoples and their indigenous cultures.

This book examines various theories of colonization and decolonization, and how the ideas of a British empire create networks of discourses in contemporary postcolonial cultures. The various essays in this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313296936
• ISBN13: 9780313296932
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"