Francis Barker

Colonial Discourse/ Postcolonial Theory (Revised) Francis Barker

Jacket Description/Back: Barker, Hulme and Iversen have a genius for fostering genuinely interdisciplinary exchange... The essays in this collection demonstrate with absolute clarity that debates about colonialism and new-colonialism are foundational to the whole project of cultural studies and that 'postcolonial' questions are ones that the traditional disciplines in the 'Humanities' urgently need to address. Professor Stephen Slemon, University of AlbertaMarc Notes: Originally published: 1994.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; This book on post-colonial theory has a wide geographic range and a breadth of historical perspectives. Central to the book is a critique of the very idea of the 'postcolonial' itself. Publisher Marketing: This book on post-colonial theory has a wide geographic range and a breadth of historical perspectives. Central to the book is a critique of the very idea of the 'postcolonial' itself.

Contributor Bio:  Hulme, Peter Peter Hulme is Professor of Literature at the University of Essex. He is the author of Colonial Encounters: Europe and the Native Caribbean, 1492-1797 and Remnants of Conquest: The Caribs and Their Visitors, 1877-1998. He is co-editor, with William H. Sherman, of The Tempest and Its Travels and, with Tim Young, of the Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing. Contributor Bio:  Iversen, Margaret Margaret Iversen is Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. Her books include "Alois Riegl: Art History and Theory" and "Beyond Pleasure: Freud, Lacan, Barthes."