{"product_id":"postcolonial-theory-a-critical-introduction-9780231112734","title":"Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003ePostcolonial Theory is a ground-breaking critical introduction to the burgeoing field of postcolonial studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeela Gandhi is the first to clearly map out this field in terms of its wider philosophical and intellectual context, drawing important connections between postcolonial theory and poststructuralism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism. She assesses the contribution of major theorists such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha, and also points to postcolonialism's relationship to earlier thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Mahatma Gandhi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is distinctive in its concern for the specific historical, material, and cultural contexts for postcolonial theory, and in its attempt to sketch out the ethical possibilities for postcolonial theory as a model for living with and knowing cultural difference non-violently.Postcolonial Tehory is a useful starting point for readers new to the field and a provocative account which opens possibilities for debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeela Gandhi lectures in the school of English at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She researches the cultural history of the Indo-British colonial encounter, and has published extensively in this area. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare: New Orientations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Looking Glass and Other Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of the journal\u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917517820178,"sku":"9780231112734","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9e41332-ae24-4267-abe9-557016e792ca.jpg?v=1738867677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/postcolonial-theory-a-critical-introduction-9780231112734","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}