This book is an interrogative critical genealogy of all facets of Irish postcolonial studies, situating it within broader debates on international neo-imperialism, globalization, and development.
Ireland and Postcolonial Studies: Theory, Discourse, Utopia
β Scribed by EΓ³in Flannery (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 276
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: Ireland: βA Supreme Postcolonial Instanceβ?....Pages 1-18
Field Day and Irish Postcolonial Criticism....Pages 19-47
Irish Postcolonial Criticism and the Utopian Impulse....Pages 48-101
Postcolonial Metacriticism β The βSecond Waveβ....Pages 102-145
Ireland, Gender and Postcolonialism....Pages 146-181
Fanonβs One Big Idea: Revising Postcolonial Studies and Irish Studies....Pages 182-232
Conclusion: Postcolonial Studies and Contemporary Politics....Pages 233-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-268
β¦ Subjects
Postcolonial/World Literature; Cultural and Media Studies, general; Literary Theory; History of Britain and Ireland; Intellectual Studies; Twentieth-Century Literature
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