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The growing debate over British national identity, and the place of
"Englishness" within it, raises crucial questions about
multiculturalism, postimperial culture and identity, and the past
and future histories of globalization. However, discussions of
Englishness have too often been limited by insular conceptions of
national literature, culture, and history, which serve to erase or
marginalize the colonial and postcolonial locations in which
British national identity has been articulated. This volume breaks
new ground by drawing together a range of disciplinary approaches
in order to resituate the relationship between British national
identity and Englishness within a global framework. Ranging from
the literature and history of empire to analyses of contemporary
culture, postcolonial writing, political rhetoric, and postimperial
memory after 9/11, this collection demonstrates that far from being
parochial or self-involved, the question of Englishness offers an
important avenue for thinking about the politics of national
identity in our postcolonial and globalized world.
The growing debate over British national identity, and the place of
"Englishness" within it, raises crucial questions about
multiculturalism, postimperial culture and identity, and the past
and future histories of globalization. However, discussions of
Englishness have too often been limited by insular conceptions of
national literature, culture, and history, which serve to erase or
marginalize the colonial and postcolonial locations in which
British national identity has been articulated. This volume breaks
new ground by drawing together a range of disciplinary approaches
in order to resituate the relationship between British national
identity and Englishness within a global framework. Ranging from
the literature and history of empire to analyses of contemporary
culture, postcolonial writing, political rhetoric, and postimperial
memory after 9/11, this collection demonstrates that far from being
parochial or self-involved, the question of Englishness offers an
important avenue for thinking about the politics of national
identity in our postcolonial and globalized world.
This book demonstrates how the latest approaches to post-colonial
theory cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and demand their
reinterpretation.
What is the relationship between the British colonial project and
English literature in India? How did official pronouncements on the
role of English in culture and education help define modern India?
How can postcolonial theory contribute towards and understanding of
this history and its aftermath? In this historical study, Prem
Poddar shows how colonisers and the nationalists who suceeded them
tended to inhabit the same discursive space. True difference and
heterogeneity became the first casualty in the name of a united
nation. The book details the "civil violence" of such policies in
independent India. If the study of English is to remain relevant in
ex-colonies like India, Possar argues, it must take cognisance of
postcolonial critiques that recognize other voices and locate
English literature in its various cultural and historical
contexts.;"Violent Civilities" speaks most obviously to scholars of
English, India or postcolonial studies, but it is also for anyone
interested in how contemporary academe can negotiate the
relationship between national identity, language and culture.
'Radical, intrepid, compendious, /A Historical Companion to
Postcolonial Literatures/, goes far toward restoring
'postcolonialism' to its historical premises by resituating that
imperial project in its much changed and still controversial
cartographies. It is Marlow's map of the 'heart of darkness'
drastically redrawn: what was once the 'vast amount of red,' a
'deuce of a lot of blue,' a 'little green,' those 'smears of
orange,' and the 'purple patch,' is here become a dense
kaleidoscope that will of necessity rechart the itinerary of
students and critical travellers across and around 'continental
Europe and its empires.' Barbara Harlow, University of Texas at
Austin 'The /Companion/ is unique in that it provides a wealth of
analysis and information about all European continental powers and
their colonies and presents the entire assembly in a wonderful
mis-en-scene. It is a 'true' companion that invites trans-cultural
readings of trans-cultural literatures.' Walter Mignolo, Duke
University The first reference work to the political, cultural and
economic contexts of postcolonial literatures stemming from the
empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The
Netherlands, Portugal and Spain as well as Latin America and the
Philippines Written by recognised scholars the entries cover major
events, ideas, movements and figures in postcolonial histories.
They cover European overseas exploration, settlement, colonisation
and decolonisation and highlight the relevance of colonial
histories to the cultural, social, political and literary
formations of contemporary postcolonial societies and nations. Each
entry provides a succinct account of an event or topic, as well as
suggestions for further reading in literary works and histories. By
outlining the historical contexts of postcolonial literatures, the
Companion provides an important key to understanding complex
contemporary debates about race, colonialism and neo-colonialism,
politics, economics, culture and language. *Covers all the European
empires in a new and integrated way *Relates the colonial past to
the postcolonial present *Brings literary and historical texts and
contexts together for the first time *Includes maps, a detailed
Chronology, lists of further reading and author/subject indexes
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