History and Myth: Postcolonial Dimensions

History and Myth: Postcolonial Dimensions
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Publisher : Vernon Press
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : 9781648893407
ISBN-13 : 1648893406
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Synopsis History and Myth: Postcolonial Dimensions by : Arti Nirmal

This anthology, 'History and Myth: Postcolonial Dimensions', seeks to interrogate and dismantle the colonially structured symmetrical interpretations of the histories and mythological narratives of the former European colonies through depolarization, pluriversality, and border thinking. Here, the concepts of history and myth have been addressed from different perspectives and spatiotemporal zones by scholars from different parts of the world, which add to the global value of the book. It has been argued in this volume that the understanding of postcolonial histories and myths in the contemporary era is highly influenced by the colonially fashioned binaries: valid/ invalid, civilized/barbaric, inclusive/exclusive, relevant/irrelevant, good/bad, etc., which continue to preserve the epistemic citadels of coloniality and selectively promote such historical and mythological narratives that celebrate the superiority of the Global North and the inferiority of the Global South. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers, teachers, and those interested in understanding history, postcolonial studies, decolonial studies, cultural studies, literature, and sociology.

Histories, Myths and Decolonial Interventions

Histories, Myths and Decolonial Interventions
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 167
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ISBN-10 : 9781000592382
ISBN-13 : 1000592383
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Synopsis Histories, Myths and Decolonial Interventions by : Arti Nirmal

This book explores postcolonial myths and histories within colonially structured narratives which persist and are carried in culture, language, and history in various parts of the world. It analyzes constructions of identities, stereotypes, and mythical fantasies in postcolonial society. Exploring a wide range of themes including the appropriation and use of language, myths of decolonialization, and nationalism, and the colonial influence on systems of academic knowledge, the book focuses on how these myths reinforce, subvert, and appropriate colonial binaries for the articulation of the postcolonial self. With essays which study narratives of emigrants in Argentina, the colonial mythology in the Dodecanese in Italy, and the mythico-narratives of island insularity in contemporary Sri Lanka among others, this volume emphasizes the role of indigenous studies in building a postcolonial consciousness. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of post-colonial studies, cultural studies, literature, history, political science, and sociology.

Colonial Myths

Colonial Myths
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 0719059925
ISBN-13 : 9780719059926
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Synopsis Colonial Myths by : Azzedine Haddour

The viking invasion and settlement in England has been the subject of a large and complex body of scholarship, with the consensus of opinion among scholars as to its exact nature and influence shifting considerably over the years.This is a fascinating new study which will make an important addition to the literature on the Scandinavians and the settlement in England in the ninth and tenth centuries. D. M. Hadley offers a focused and interdisciplinary discussion of often neglected sources. Topics covered include the development of current debates regarding the settlement, Anglo-Scandinavian political accommodation, the differences and similarities between Scandinavian rural settlement and Scandinavians in the urban environment, the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity, and burial practices and associated issues of ethnicity, gender and social status.A clear and exhaustive summary of the available archaeological, historical and linguistic evidence, this book offers a comprehensive and authoritative starting point for all researchers and students investigating the viking settlement of Britain.

Fictionalising Myth and History

Fictionalising Myth and History
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Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 812505023X
ISBN-13 : 9788125050230
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Synopsis Fictionalising Myth and History by : Padma Malini Sundararaghavan

Studies on Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Matigari, Witi Ihimaera's The matriarch, Shashi Tharoor's The great Indian novel, and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's children.

Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires

Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 847
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ISBN-10 : 9780748650972
ISBN-13 : 0748650970
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Synopsis Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires by : Prem Poddar

The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, G

Postcolonial Amazons

Postcolonial Amazons
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9780191088032
ISBN-13 : 019108803X
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Synopsis Postcolonial Amazons by : Walter Duvall Penrose Jr.

Scholars have long been divided on the question of whether the Amazons of Greek legend actually existed. Notably, Soviet archaeologists' discoveries of the bodies of women warriors in the 1980s appeared to directly contradict western classicists' denial of the veracity of the Amazon myth, and there have been few concessions between the two schools of thought since. Postcolonial Amazons offers a ground-breaking re-evaluation of the place of martial women in the ancient world, bridging the gap between myth and historical reality and expanding our conception of the Amazon archetype. By shifting the center of debate to the periphery of the region known to the Greeks, the startling conclusion emerges that the ancient Athenian conception of women as weak and fearful was not at all typical of the region of that time, even within Greece. Surrounding the Athenians were numerous peoples who held that women could be courageous, able, clever, and daring, suggesting that although Greek stories of Amazons may be exaggerations, they were based upon a real historical understanding of women who fought. While re-examining the sources of the Amazon myth, this compelling volume also resituates the Amazons in the broader context from which they have been extracted, illustrating that although they were the quintessential example of female masculinity in ancient Greek thought, they were not the only instance of this phenomenon: masculine women were masqueraded on the Greek stage, described in the Hippocratic corpus, took part in the struggle to control Alexander the Great's empire after his death, and served as bodyguards in ancient India. Against the backdrop of the ongoing debates surrounding gender norms and fluidity, Postcolonial Amazons breaks new ground as an ancient history of female masculinity and demonstrates that these ideas have a much longer and more durable heritage than we may have supposed.

Myth and History in Caribbean Fiction

Myth and History in Caribbean Fiction
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Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : UTEXAS:059173000245261
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Synopsis Myth and History in Caribbean Fiction by : Barbara J. Webb

At a time of growing interest in postcolonial writing, this volume offers a comparative study of three major Caribbean novelists: Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant. Despite differences of language and background, these writers from Cuba, Guyana and Martinique have much in common. Each has written extensively on the shared heritage of the peoples of the Caribbean and each has been influential in redefining the poetics of the novel in the context of New World culture.

The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader

The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 495
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ISBN-10 : 9780822349570
ISBN-13 : 0822349574
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Synopsis The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader by : Sandra Harding

DIVA collection of foundational and contemporary essays in postcolonial science studies./div

States of Imagination

States of Imagination
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9780822381273
ISBN-13 : 0822381273
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Synopsis States of Imagination by : Thomas Blom Hansen

The state has recently been rediscovered as an object of inquiry by a broad range of scholars. Reflecting the new vitality of the field of political anthropology, States of Imagination draws together the best of this recent critical thinking to explore the postcolonial state. Contributors focus on a variety of locations from Guatemala, Pakistan, and Peru to India and Ecuador; they study what the state looks like to those seeing it from the vantage points of rural schools, police departments, small villages, and the inside of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Focusing on the micropolitics of everyday state-making, the contributors examine the mythologies, paradoxes, and inconsistencies of the state through ethnographies of diverse postcolonial practices. They show how the authority of the state is constantly challenged from the local as well as the global and how growing demands to confer rights and recognition to ever more citizens, organizations, and institutions reveal a persistent myth of the state as a source of social order and an embodiment of popular sovereignty. Demonstrating the indispensable value of ethnographic work on the practices and the symbols of the state, States of Imagination showcases a range of studies and methods to provide insight into the diverse forms of the postcolonial state as an arena of both political and cultural struggle. This collection will interest students and scholars of anthropology, cultural studies, sociology, political science, and history. Contributors. Lars Buur, Mitchell Dean, Akhil Gupta, Thomas Blom Hansen, Steffen Jensen, Aletta J. Norval, David Nugent, Sarah Radcliffe, Rachel Sieder, Finn Stepputat, Martijn van Beek, Oskar Verkaaik, Fiona Wilson

The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 751
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ISBN-10 : 9780191662416
ISBN-13 : 0191662410
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Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies by : Graham Huggan

The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the latest scholarship in postcolonial studies, while also considering possible future developments in the field. Original chapters written by a worldwide team of contritbuors are organised into five cross-referenced sections, 'The Imperial Past', 'The Colonial Present', 'Theory and Practice', 'Across the Disciplines', and 'Across the World'. The chapters offer both country-specific and comparative approaches to current issues, offering a wide range of new and interesting perspectives. The Handbook reflects the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of postcolonial studies and reiterates its continuing relevance to the study of both the colonial past—in its multiple manifestations— and the contemporary globalized world. Taken together, these essays, the dialogues they pursue, and the editorial comments that surround them constitute nothing less than a blueprint for the future of a much-contested but intellectually vibrant and politically engaged field.