The event of postcolonial shame /
Argues that shame is a dominant temperament in twentieth-century literature, and the key to understanding the ethics and aesthetics of the contemporary world. This title states that the practices of postcolonial literature depend upon and repeat the same structures of thought and perception that mad...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c2011.
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| Series: | Translation/transnation.
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| Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
| Summary: | Argues that shame is a dominant temperament in twentieth-century literature, and the key to understanding the ethics and aesthetics of the contemporary world. This title states that the practices of postcolonial literature depend upon and repeat the same structures of thought and perception that made colonialism possible in the first place. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691141657 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0691141657 ( hbk. : alk. paper) 9780691141664 (pbk. : alk. paper) |