Terror and the Postcolonial
Author | : Elleke Boehmer |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2015-08-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781119056195 |
ISBN-13 | : 1119056195 |
Rating | : 4/5 (195 Downloads) |
Download or read book Terror and the Postcolonial written by Elleke Boehmer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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