Terror and the Postcolonial

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119056195
• ISBN13: 9781119056195
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"