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2nd Edition

Edward Said

By Bill Ashcroft, Pal Ahluwalia Copyright 2009
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge
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Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of the landmark study Orientalism , a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped the emerging field of post-colonial studies, and for his controversial journalism on the Palestinian political situation. Looking at the context and the impact of Said's scholarship and journalism, this book examines Said's key ideas, including:... Read more

Why Said?  Key Ideas  1. Worldliness: the text  2. Worldliness: the critic  3. Orientalism  4. Culture as imperialism  5. Palestine  6. Said’s Late Style  After Said  Further Reading

Biography

Bill Ashcroft is a founding exponent of post-colonial theory, co-author of The Empire Writes Back, the first text to examine systematically the field of post-colonial studies. He is Chair of the School of English at the University of Hong Kong, on leave from the University of New South Wales.

Pal Ahluwalia is Pro Vice Chancellor of the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences and the Director for the Centre for Post-Colonial Studies, University of Southern Australia. He is the editor of three Routledge journals, Social Identities, African Identities and Sikh Formations.

'A book that at one and the same time can both introduce and challenge, a commendable combination.' - African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific, Review and Newsletter

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