Beginning Postcolonialism; Author: Mcleod, John; Paperback; Standard Hardcover size

Author: Mcleod, John
Beginnings; Paperback; Standard Hardcover size
285 pages
Published: April 2000
Manchester University Press
ISBN: 0719052092

Postcolonialism has become one of the most exciting, expanding and challenging areas of literary and cultural studies today. Designed especially for those studying the topic for the first time, Beginning Postcolonialism introduces the major areas of concern in a clear, accessible, and organized fashion. It provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and closely examines many of its important critical writings.Provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and closely examines many of its important critical writings. An introduction to postcolonialism. It provides an overview of the emergence of postcolonialism as a discipline and examines many of its important critical writings. In particular, it demonstrates how many of the ideas and concepts in the subject can be usefully applied when reading texts.