1st Edition

Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures

By Annalisa Oboe, Shaul Bassi Copyright 2011
384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

Modern ideas of freedom and human rights have been repeatedly contested and are hotly debated at the beginning of the third millennium in response to new theories, needs, and challenges in contemporary life. This volume offers culturally diverse contributions to the debate on freedom from the literatures and arts of the postcolonial world, exploring experiences that evoke, desire, imagine,... Read more

Preface Annalisa Oboe and Shaul Bassi  Part 1: Resisting History and Colonialism  Part 2: The Right to Move and to Belong  Part 3: Beyond the Borders of Bodies  Part 4: The Right to (Believe In) Free Futures  Part 5: Imaginative Freedom and Critical Engagement

Biography

Annalisa Oboe, Shaul Bassi