Colonialism and Cultural Identity: Crises of Tradition in the Anglophone Literatures of India, Africa, and the CaribbeanThis book examines the diverse responses of colonized people to metropolitan ideas and to indigenous traditions. Going beyond the standard isolation of mimeticism and hybridity—and criticizing Homi Bhabha's influential treatment of the former—Hogan offers a lucid, usable theoretical structure for analysis of the postcolonial phenomena, with ramifications extending beyond postcolonial literature. Developing this structure in relation to major texts by Derek Walcott, Jean Rhys, Chinua Achebe, Earl Lovelace, Buchi Emecheta, Rabindranath Tagore, and Attia Hosain, Hogan also provides crucial cultural background for understanding these and other works from the same traditions. |
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... ( English ) History and criticism . 3. African literature ( English ) —History and criticism . 4 . Caribbean literature ( English ) -History and criticism . 5. Decolonization in literature . 6 . Ethnicity in literature . 7. Culture in ...
... ( English ) History and criticism . 3. African literature ( English ) —History and criticism . 4 . Caribbean literature ( English ) -History and criticism . 5. Decolonization in literature . 6 . Ethnicity in literature . 7. Culture in ...
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... English , literary culture . He not only read widely in English litera- ture ( Gora is in part a response to Kipling's Kim [ see Pandit ] ) . He trans- lated some of his own work into English , eventually won the Nobel Prize largely for ...
... English , literary culture . He not only read widely in English litera- ture ( Gora is in part a response to Kipling's Kim [ see Pandit ] ) . He trans- lated some of his own work into English , eventually won the Nobel Prize largely for ...
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... English ) and literature written by members of the oppressed group ( Indians , Africans , and so on ) . As one would expect , these literatures are united by a sort of dialectical tension necessarily produced by the history that defines ...
... English ) and literature written by members of the oppressed group ( Indians , Africans , and so on ) . As one would expect , these literatures are united by a sort of dialectical tension necessarily produced by the history that defines ...
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... English control - was confined to the city of Dublin and a small area around the city . This area , referred to as " The Pale , " was Anglo - Irish in culture . Outside of this area ( beyond the Pale ) , Ireland remained largely Gaelic ...
... English control - was confined to the city of Dublin and a small area around the city . This area , referred to as " The Pale , " was Anglo - Irish in culture . Outside of this area ( beyond the Pale ) , Ireland remained largely Gaelic ...
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... English culture in England and Igbo culture in the interior Igbo villages . In contrast , the regions of high intensity contact ( e.g. , Lagos ) , develop two sorts of Cre- olized culture . Most obviously , indigenous culture is ...
... English culture in England and Igbo culture in the interior Igbo villages . In contrast , the regions of high intensity contact ( e.g. , Lagos ) , develop two sorts of Cre- olized culture . Most obviously , indigenous culture is ...
Contents
Afterword Socialism and the Politics of Otherness | 303 |
Appendix Analytic Glossary of Selected Theoretical | 317 |
Index | 337 |
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