Cambridge introduction to postcolonial literatures in English /
Innes, Catherine Lynette.
Cambridge introduction to postcolonial literatures in English /
C.L. Innes.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- ix, 295 p. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge introductions to literature .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-288) and index.
Introduction : situating the postcolonial -- Postcolonial issues in performance -- Alternative histories and writing back -- Authorizing the self : postcolonial autobiographical writing -- Situating the self : landscape and place -- Appropriating the word : language and voice -- Narrating the nation : form and genre -- Rewriting her story : nation and gender -- Rewriting the nation : acknowledging economic and cultural diversity -- Transnational and black British writing : colonizing in reverse -- Citizens of the world : reading postcolonial literature.
9780521833400 (hardback) 9780521541015 (pbk.)
Commonwealth literature (English)--History and criticism. Postcolonialism in literature. Colonies in literature.