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"Focusing its concern through the often-neglected role of
literature in shaping and influencing these forces, this powerful
collection of essays addresses the complex new ways that
international power exercises control over all aspects of life-from
new forms of public governance to the construction of private
identities. The book acknowledges the emergence of new theoretical
models of imperialism and empire, but it sets them firmly within
the longer history of the analysis of the post colonial. It
explores contemporary concerns such as global ecology, queer
theory, and "the War on Terror" and demonstrates their links with
underlying forces stretching back to the classic eras of colonial
rule. This book provides a convincing model for rethinking the
relationship between past and present theories of the exercise of
world power from the age of classic imperialism to the era of Bush
and Obama." - Gareth Griffiths, Professor of English, University of
Western Australia, and coauthor of The Empire Writes Back: Theory
and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures
This book articles presents new scholarship on the subject of
imperial expansion through colonization and globalization from a
variety of postcolonial perspectives. The essays in this volume,
grouped in three chapters, scrutinize imperial expansion within the
context of national identities and imageries-deconstructing the
modernist and utopian idea of a nation as a site of homogeneity,
and reviewing the importance of the concept in the different phases
of colonization. Hence the first chapter is entitled 'Neo-Imperial
Traces or Premonitions in Modernism.' The post-classical phase of
colonialism is examined through the representation of the colonized
and the once-colonized. Applying postcolonial theories and often
moving beyond them, scholars scrutinize such textual and filmic
representations as exemplified in Asia. These make up Chapter Two,
'Interference of the Imperial Tradition in Asia, ' which allows for
the re-articulations of cultural heritage in the region within the
different and ever renewed schemes of imperial expansion. Chapter
Three, 'Reformulations of the Imperial Project, ' seeks to explore
the questions surrounding inclusion in and exclusion from the realm
of power as the founding principle of empire, suggesting that they
are discursive and deliberate. Postcolonial societies inherit the
trauma of colonialism that subjected people to a cultural
displacement that is exacerbated by renewed efforts of imperial
influence through globalizatio
Edward Said (1935-2003) has been one of the most influential
literary and social critics of the 20th century. His writings
extend over topics such as literature, philosophy, music and
political activism. His seminal works such as Beginnings: Intention
and Method (1975) and especially Orientalism (1978) provide the
foundations of postcolonial theory and have been used to critique
and theorize on many disciplines. This collection of articles
comprises essays that represent a theoretical critique of Said's
work by eminent scholars around the world. At the same time, it is
an homage to the late critic showing the profound impact of his
work on postcolonial and cultural studies, in addition to politics
and contemporary literature.
Edward Said (1935-2003) has been one of the most influential
literary and social critics of the 20th century. His writings
extend over topics such as literature, philosophy, music and
political activism. His seminal works such as Beginnings: Intention
and Method (1975) and especially Orientalism (1978) provide the
foundations of postcolonial theory and have been used to critique
and theorize on many disciplines. This collection of articles
comprises essays that represent a theoretical critique of Said's
work by eminent scholars around the world. At the same time, it is
an homage to the late critic showing the profound impact of his
work on postcolonial and cultural studies, in addition to politics
and contemporary literature.
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