As the British empire expanded throughout the world, the English
language played an important role in power relations between
Britain and its colonies. English was used as a colonizing agent to
suppress the indigenous cultures of various peoples and to make
them subject to British rule. With the end of World War II, many
countries became gradually decolonized, and their indigenous
cultures experienced a renaissance. Colonial mores and power
systems clashed and combined with indigenous traditions to create
postcolonial texts.
This volume treats postcoloniality as a process of cultural and
linguistic interplay, in which British culture initially suppressed
indigenous cultures and later combined with them after the decline
of the British empire. The first section of this book provides an
introductory overview of English postcoloniality. This section is
followed by chapters discussing postcoloniality and literature from
an historical perspective in particular countries around the world.
The third section gives special attention to the literature and
culture of indigenous peoples. A selected bibliography concludes
the work.
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