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Postcolonialism (Paperback)
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Postcolonialism (Paperback)
Series: Key Ideas in Geography
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Postcolonialism is a book that examines the influence of
postcolonial theory in critical geographical thought and
scholarship. Aimed at advanced-level students and researchers, the
book is a lively, stimulating and relevant introduction to
'postcolonial geography' that elaborates on the critical
interventions in social, cultural and political life this important
subfield is poised to make. The book is structured around three
intersecting parts - Spaces, 'Identity'/hybridity, Knowledge - that
broadly follow the trajectory of postcolonial studies since the
late 1970s. It comprises ten main chapters, each of which is
situated at the intersections of postcolonialism and critical human
geography. In doing so, Postcolonialism develops three key
arguments. First, that postcolonialism is best conceived as an
intellectually creative and practical set of methodologies or
approaches for critically engaging existing manifestations of power
and exclusion in everyday life and in taken-as-given spaces.
Second, that postcolonialism is, at its core, concerned with the
politics of representation, both in terms of how people and space
are represented, but also the politics surrounding who is able to
represent themselves and on what/whose terms. Third, the book
argues that postcolonialism itself is an inherently geographical
intellectual enterprise, despite its origins in literary theory. In
developing these arguments and addressing a series of relevant and
international case studies and examples throughout, Postcolonialism
not only demonstrates the importance of postcolonial theory to the
contemporary critical geographical imagination. It also argues that
geographers have much to offer to continued theorizations and
workings of postcolonial theory, politics and intellectual debates
going forward. This is a book that brings critical analyses of the
continued and omnipresent legacies of colonialism and imperialism
to the heart of human geography, but also one that returns an
avowedly critical geographical disposition to the core of
interdisciplinary postcolonial studies.
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