Research Catalog

Title

Postcolonialism / Tariq Jazeel.

Author

Jazeel, Tariq

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

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Details

Description

xvi, 257 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

Postcolonialism is a book that examines the influence of postcolonial theory in critical geographical thought and scholarship. Aimed at advanced-level students and researchers, the book is a lively, stimulating and relevant introduction to 'postcolonial geography' that elaborates on the critical interventions in social, cultural and political life this important subfield is poised to make. The book is structured around three intersecting parts - Spaces, 'Identity'/hybridity, Knowledge - that broadly follow the trajectory of postcolonial studies since the late 1970s. It comprises ten main chapters, each of which is situated at the intersections of postcolonialism and critical human geography. In doing so, Postcolonialism develops three key arguments. First, that postcolonialism is best conceived as an intellectually creative and practical set of methodologies or approaches for critically engaging existing manifestations of power and exclusion in everyday life and in taken-as-given spaces. Second, that postcolonialism is, at its core, concerned with the politics of representation, both in terms of how people and space are represented, but also the politics surrounding who is able to represent themselves and on what/whose terms. Third, the book argues that postcolonialism itself is an inherently geographical intellectual enterprise, despite its origins in literary theory. In developing these arguments and addressing a series of relevant and international case studies and examples throughout, Postcolonialism not only demonstrates the importance of postcolonial theory to the contemporary critical geographical imagination. It also argues that geographers have much to offer to continued theorizations and workings of postcolonial theory, politics and intellectual debates going forward. This is a book that brings critical analyses of the continued and omnipresent legacies of colonialism and imperialism to the heart of human geography, but also one that returns an avowedly critical geographical disposition to the core of interdisciplinary postcolonial studies. --

Series Statement

Key ideas in geography

Uniform Title

Key ideas in geography.

Subject

Postcolonialism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 19-2765

ISBN

• 9781138677463
• 1138677469
• 9781138677487
• 1138677485

LCCN

• 2018044823
• 40029021658

OCLC

1076372764

Author

Jazeel, Tariq, author.

Title

Postcolonialism / Tariq Jazeel.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Key ideas in geography

Key ideas in geography.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781317195337

Other Standard Identifier

40029021658

Research Call Number

JFD 19-2765