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Bakhtin and Cultural Theory
Ken (Ed) Hirschkop
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Description for Bakhtin and Cultural Theory
Paperback. Contributors with a wide range of interests assess Mikhail Bakhtin's contribution to issues of colonialism, feminism, reception theory and theories of the body. This second edition takes advatage of new material on Bakhtin available after perestroika. Editor(s): Hirschkop, Ken; Shepherd, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 358.
An important collection of essays which treats Bakhtin as a provocative theorist whose work must be tested, explored and compared with the work of others. Contributors assess Bakhtin's contribution to difficult issues of colonialism, feminism, reception theory and theories of the body, amongst others. New articles explore the origins, previously unacknowledged, of Bakhtin's theory of language and provide a vivid account of the dramatic scandal surrounding Bakhtin's thesis on Rabelais. Contains dramatic new material, drawn from post-perestroika sources, which demythologizes the image of this important writer. A new bibliographical essay and introduction bring the English-language reader up-to-date with the progress ... Read more
An important collection of essays which treats Bakhtin as a provocative theorist whose work must be tested, explored and compared with the work of others. Contributors assess Bakhtin's contribution to difficult issues of colonialism, feminism, reception theory and theories of the body, amongst others. New articles explore the origins, previously unacknowledged, of Bakhtin's theory of language and provide a vivid account of the dramatic scandal surrounding Bakhtin's thesis on Rabelais. Contains dramatic new material, drawn from post-perestroika sources, which demythologizes the image of this important writer. A new bibliographical essay and introduction bring the English-language reader up-to-date with the progress ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
392g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719049903
SKU
V9780719049903
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About Ken (Ed) Hirschkop
Ken Hirschkop is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Manchester. David Shepherd is Professor of Russian and Director of the Bakhtin Centre at the University of Sheffield -- .
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