Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies (Oxford Handbooks)
Graham Huggan
€ 49.96
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies (Oxford Handbooks)
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies is a major reference work, which aims to provide informed insights into the possible future of postcolonial studies as well as a comparative overview of the latest developments in the field. Editor(s): Huggan, Graham. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 245 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1290.
The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the latest scholarship in postcolonial studies, while also considering possible future developments in the field. Original chapters written by a worldwide team of contritbuors are organised into five cross-referenced sections, 'The Imperial Past', 'The Colonial Present', 'Theory and Practice', 'Across the Disciplines', and 'Across the World'. The chapters offer both country-specific and comparative approaches to current issues, offering a wide range of new and interesting perspectives. The Handbook reflects the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of postcolonial studies and reiterates its continuing relevance to the study of both the colonial past, ... Read more
The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the latest scholarship in postcolonial studies, while also considering possible future developments in the field. Original chapters written by a worldwide team of contritbuors are organised into five cross-referenced sections, 'The Imperial Past', 'The Colonial Present', 'Theory and Practice', 'Across the Disciplines', and 'Across the World'. The chapters offer both country-specific and comparative approaches to current issues, offering a wide range of new and interesting perspectives. The Handbook reflects the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of postcolonial studies and reiterates its continuing relevance to the study of both the colonial past, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198778455
SKU
V9780198778455
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Graham Huggan
Graham Huggan is Chair of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literatures in the School of English at the University of Leeds, where he also directs the cross-disciplinary Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies. He is the author of numerous books and articles in the general field of comparative postcolonial studies, a field he has been working in for over twenty years.
Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies (Oxford Handbooks)
The book is an important update on the current state of discussion in the field.
Dobrota Pucherova, Journal of Postcolonial Writing
the book is bound to inspire postcolonial scholars to address in creative ways some of the important questions that face us now.
Christine Lorre-Johnston, Commonwealth Essays and Studies
Dobrota Pucherova, Journal of Postcolonial Writing
the book is bound to inspire postcolonial scholars to address in creative ways some of the important questions that face us now.
Christine Lorre-Johnston, Commonwealth Essays and Studies