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1、THEPOST-COLONIALSTUDIESREADEROneofthemostexcitingfeaturesofEnglishliteraturestodayistheexplosionofpost-colonialliteratures,thoseliteratureswritteninEnglishinformerlycolonisedsocieties.Thisfieldhasgivenrisetoagreatrangeoftheoreticalideas,concepts,problemsan
2、ddebates,andthesehavebeenaddressedinagreatrangeofarticles,essays,talksandbookspublishedorwrittenfromeverycontinent.Thisbookbringstogetheraselectionofthesetheoreticalissuesinawaythatindicatesandcelebratestheimmensediversityofpost-colonialtheory.Assuchitwill
3、beanindispensablevolumeforstudents,teachers,researchersandtheorists,andanybodyinterestedinthefield.Thebookhasfourteensections,eachdealingwithamajorconceptorissueinpost-colonialtheory.Eachsectionisintroducedbytheeditorsandincludesuptosevenextractsfromvariou
4、stheorists.Aswellasfundamentalpost-colonialissues,suchasLanguage,Place,HistoryandEthnicity,italsoassessesthesimilaritiesanddifferenceswithpostmodernism,exploresconceptssuchasHybridityandTheBodyandPerformance,andalsoexaminestheveryimportantmaterialpractice?
5、ofEducation,ProductionandConsumption,andthemodesofRepresentationandResistance.Theuniquenessofthisvolumeisinitsrangeandcomprehensiveness.Bybringingtogethernearlyninetyextractsfromoverfiftydifferentwriters,itdemonstratesthevastspreadofpost-colonialtheory,the
6、degreetowhichsuchtheoryisemergingoutsidethemetropolitanintellectualcentres,andthesignificancesuchtheoryhasinthepracticalpoliticalissuesoflivinginthisrangeofsocieties.Thisbookmakesaccessiblethefullrangeofpostcolonialtheory,whichotherwisewouldbeeitherdifficu
7、ltorimpossibleforstudents,teachersorresearcherstofullyutilize.BillAshcroft,GarethGriffithsandHelenTiffinteachattheUniversitiesofNewSouthWales,WesternAustraliaandQueenslandrespectively.TogethertheyaretheauthorsofTheEmpireWritesBack(Routledge1989).Relatedtit
8、lesfromRoutledgeTHECULTURALSTUDIESREADEREditedbySimonDuringTHELESBIANANDGAYSTUDIESREADEREditedbyHenryAbelove,MicheleAinaBarale,andDavidHalperinTHENEWHISTORICISMREADEREditedbyHaroldVeeserThePOST-COLONIALSTUDIE