Postcolonial Yearning
Reshaping Spiritual and Secular Discourses in Contemporary Literature
Published on 20. February 2013
Book
Hardback
XIII, 115 pages
978-1-137-33296-7 (ISBN)
Description
Anglophone postcolonial studies has been characterized by its secular nature. Yet as the first generation of scholars grapples with mortality, a yearning for spiritual meaning is emerging in many texts. This study synthesizes the sacred language used in these texts with critical theory in order to create a holistic frame for interpretive analysis.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a book about grieving. How does one grieve in the West? In the academy, for that matter? In this beautifully conceptualized book, Sen identifies moments in postcolonial writing that seem to gesture towards ways of articulating the mystical in language. Her close readings are superb." - Anushiya Ramaswamy, Professor of English, Southern Illinois University, USA
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Edition
2013 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIII, 115 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-33296-7 (9781137332967)
DOI
10.1057/9781137340184
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
02/2013
1st Edition
Palgrave Pivot
€53.49
Available for download
Person
Asha Sen is Professor in the Deptartment of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Content
Introduction: Postcolonial Yearning 1. Travel Writing and Cultural Tourism: William Dalrymple's Nine Lives and Pankaj Mishra's An End to Suffering 2. Things Fall Apart and Wide Sargasso Sea : Revisiting Spirit, Rewriting Canon 3. Crossing Boundaries in Leila Ahmed's A Border Passage and Pico Iyer's Abandon 4. "Spiritual/Secular; Hmong/American": Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down and Kao Kalia Yang's The Latehomecomer Epilogue: Towards an Ethical Epistemology of Language