Writing Postcolonial History
Rochona Majumdar(Author)
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-84966-335-9 (ISBN)
Description
Writing Postcolonial History addresses the relationship between postcolonial theory and history. It provides students with critical analyses of postcolonial histories from around the world. In addition, it discusses the benefits and shortcomings of this form of writing by situating postcolonial history amidst other modes of historical inquiry. The field of postcolonial history is complex. Even though many scholars share a set of commonalities, there are still important differences in emphasis. Through discussion of key texts, Writing Postcolonial History provides students with an accessible analysis and overview of the key areas of debate. This book is an effort to address the relationship between postcolonial theory and history; a regional critique of postcolonial theory; a consideration of the relative merits and drawbacks of postcolonial historical writing.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84966-335-9 (9781849663359)
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Person
Rochona Majumdar's interests rest with nineteenth and twentieth century India and its socio-cultural history as well as issues of postcolonial theory. She is Assistant Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, USA.
Content
Anticolonial Struggles and Postcolonial History / The Beginnings of Postcolonial History Writing: Edward Said and Subaltern Studies / The Nation-State, Nationalism, and History: Key Themes in Postcolonial History / Regions and Postcolonial Histories: Africa and Latin America / Postcolonial Gender Histories / Postcolonial Histories and Empire: A History from the Present