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Paperback. In the late 1990s, Postcolonial Studies risked imploding as a credible area of academic enquiry. This volume provides a tool for students and scholars outside French departments seeking a way into the study of Francophone colonial postcolonial debates. It supplies scholars in French with an overview of ideas and intellectuals in this area. Editor(s): Forsdick, Charles; Murphy, David. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 357 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
357
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846310553
ISBN
9781846310553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.58

Hardback. This collection of essays explores some new possibilities for understanding postcolonial traumas. It examines representations of both personal and collective traumas around the globe from Palestinian, Caribbean, African American, South African, Maltese, Algerian, Indian, Australian and British writers, directors and artists. Editor(s): Ward, Abigail. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137526427
ISBN
9781137526427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.90

Paperback. With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as a benchmark study of future inquiries in the field. It will revitalize the critical debate, sparking a much needed rethinking of a vibrant and highly popular but also volatile genre that has seen many changes in recent years. Editor(s): Edwards, J.; Graulund, Rune. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349316892
ISBN
9781349316892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover. With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as a benchmark study of future inquiries in the field. It will revitalize the critical debate, sparking a much needed rethinking of a vibrant and highly popular but also volatile genre that has seen many changes in recent years. Editor(s): Edwards, Justin D.; Graulund, Rune. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372. Critical Explorations. 208 pages. Editor(s): Edwards, Justin D.; Graulund, Rune. With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as a benchmark study of future inquiries in the field. It will revitalize the critical debate, sparking a much needed rethinking of a vibrant and highly popular but also volatile genre that has seen many changes in recent years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241190
ISBN
9780230241190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Paperback. Postcolonial Witnessing argues that the suffering engendered by colonialism needs to be acknowledged more fully, on its own terms, in its own terms, and in relation to traumatic First World histories if trauma theory is to have any hope of redeeming its promise of cross-cultural ethical engagement. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543196
ISBN
9781137543196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.88

Hardcover. Postcolonial Witnessing argues that the suffering engendered by colonialism needs to be acknowledged more fully, on its own terms, in its own terms, and in relation to traumatic First World histories if trauma theory is to have any hope of redeeming its promise of cross-cultural ethical engagement. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230230071
ISBN
9780230230071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Paperback. Combining analysis with detailed accounts of authors' careers and the global trade in literature, this book, now in paperback and with a new Preface, assesses how postcolonial writers respond to their own reception and niche positioning, parading their exotic otherness to metropolitan audiences, within a global marketplace. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230346437
ISBN
9780230346437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.51

Hardcover. Combining analysis with detailed accounts of authors' careers and the global trade in literature, this book assesses how postcolonial writers respond to their own reception and niche positioning, parading their exotic otherness to metropolitan audiences, within a global marketplace. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507845
ISBN
9780230507845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2017
SKU
V9783319484440
ISBN
9783319484440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.49

Hardback. Using close readings and thematic studies of contemporary science fiction and postcolonial theory, ranging from discussions of Japanese and Canadian science fiction to a deconstruction of race and (post)colonialism in World of Warcraft, This book is the first comprehensive study of the complex and developing relationship between the two areas. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230321441
ISBN
9780230321441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349340453
ISBN
9781349340453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.82

Hardcover. This work examines both the emergence of African literature and its institutionalization within nationalist African academies. Amoko analyzes the relationship between such institutions of literature and the processes of nationalist legitimization and between colonial and postcolonial school cultures and national cultures. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230105461
ISBN
9780230105461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405120944
ISBN
9781405120944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.92

Paperback. Caribbean revisioning of British literature is well established in creative work where it expresses itself in rewriting and writing back. This work interrogates the place of early English verse in relation to the British canon, proposing that the first postcolonial literature in English was English itself. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ of West Indies Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766402013
ISBN
9789766402013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.93

Paperback. This book explores new critical ground by addressing the intersection of two contentious concepts, postfeminism and Gothic. This collection of original and exciting essays examines a number of Gothic texts, from Anne Radcliffe's romances to modern horror films, in conjunction with diverse postfeminist theories, from backlash to postmodern feminism. Editor(s): Brabon, Benjamin A.; Genz, Stephanie. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349282128
ISBN
9781349282128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.99

Hardback. From Dr Moreau's "Beast People" to David Cronenberg's "Brundle fly", Stanislaw Lem's robot constructors in the "Cyberiad" to Octavia Butler's human/alien constructs in the "Xenogenesis" trilogy, this work examines stories of corporeal transformation through interlocking frames of posthumanism, narratology, and second-order systems theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 471.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228508
ISBN
9780823228508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.89

Paperback. This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants. Series: Polity Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662411
ISBN
9780745662411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.07

Hardcover. This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants. Series: Polity Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662404
ISBN
9780745662404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.74

Paperback. Shakespeare scholars and cultural theorists critically investigate the relationship between early modern culture and contemporary political and technological changes concerning the idea of the 'human.' The volume covers the tragedies King Lear and Hamlet in particular, but also provides posthumanist readings of other Shakespearean plays. Editor(s): Herbrechter, Stefan; Callus, Ivan. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349348138
ISBN
9781349348138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardcover. Shakespeare scholars and cultural theorists critically investigate the relationship between early modern culture and contemporary political and technological changes concerning the idea of the 'human.' The volume covers the tragedies King Lear and Hamlet in particular, but also provides posthumanist readings of other Shakespearean plays. Editor(s): Herbrechter, Stefan; Callus, Ivan. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360907
ISBN
9780230360907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Hardback. Cacciari discusses Vienna at a crucial turning point in Western thinking, as the 19th century ended, treating this extraordinarily rich concentration of people and events as the hub upon which wheeled into the 20th century. Translator(s): Friedman, Roger. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; DSBH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780804727099
ISBN
9780804727099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.79

paperback. Editor(s): Hoffmann, Lukas. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Transcript Publishing Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636611
ISBN
9783837636611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.12

Hardcover. Editor(s): Iqbal Viswamohan, Aysha. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857285645
ISBN
9780857285645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.76

Paperback. How can intense religious beliefs coexist with pluralism in America? Examining the role of the religious imagination in contemporary religious practice and in some of the best-known works of American literature, this title shows how belief for its own sake has become an answer to pluralism in a secular age. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JMC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145754
ISBN
9780691145754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.35

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