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Summary:

"The Postcolonial Unconscious is a major attempt to reconstruct the whole field of postcolonial studies. In this magisterial and, at times, polemical study, Neil Lazarus argues that the key critical concepts that form the very foundation of the field need to be re-assessed and questioned. Drawing on a vast range of literary sources, Lazarus investigates works and authors from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and the Arab world, South, Southeast and East Asia, to reconsider them from a postcolonial perspective. Alongside this, he offers bold new readings of some of the most influential figures in the field: Fredric Jameson, Edward Said and Frantz Fanon. A tour de force of postcolonial studies, this book will set the agenda for the future, probing how the field has come to develop in the directions it has and why and how it can grow further"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: the political unconscious of postcolonial studies
• The politics of postcolonial modernism
• Fredric Jameson on 'third-world literature': a defence
• 'A figure glimpsed in a rear-view mirror': the question of representation in 'postcolonial' fiction
• Frantz Fanon after the 'postcolonial prerogative'
• The battle over Edward Said.

Author/Creator:

Lazarus, Neil, 1953-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The postcolonial unconscious [by Lazarus, N.]

Subjects:

Postcolonialism in literature

Postcolonialism and the arts

Literature, Modern — 20th century — History and criticism — Theory, etc.

Developing countries — Literatures — History and criticism

1900-1999

Literature, Modern

Developing countries

Genres:

Literatures

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-289) and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 299 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PN56.P555 L39 2011eb

ISBNs:

0521186269 (pbk.) [Invalid]
9781139099707 (e-book) [Invalid]
9781107006560 [Invalid]
1107006562 [Invalid]
9780521186261 (pbk.) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2011001068 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

767670581

Other Control Numbers:

EBC803128 (source: MiAaPQ)
EBL803128 (source: Au-PeEL)
ebr10502654 (source: CaPaEBR)
MIL330703 (source: CaONFJC)