Book History Through Postcolonial Eyes: Rewriting the Script

ISBN-13: 9780415402941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 210 str.

Fraser Robert; Robert Fraser

Opis

This study draws together the disparate fields of postcolonial theory and book history. Fraser illustrates his combined approach with comparative case studies of print, script and speech cultures in South Asia and Africa.

Spis treści

Part 1: Repositionings  1. The Problematics of Print  2. Scripts and Manuscripts  Part 2: Places  3. Transmitting the Word in South Asia  4. Transmitting the Word in Africa  Part 3: Powers  5. Resistance and Adaptation  6. Communication and Authority  7. Licensed Policeman and Literary Protestors  8. The Power of the Consumer.  Works Cited and Bibliography

O autorze

Robert Fraser has published books on Proust, J.G. Frazer, Ben Okri, African poetry and postcolonial fiction. He is co-editor with Mary Hammond of the two-volume Books Without Borders (2008), and also enjoys a parallel career as a biographer. Professor of English at the Open University, he is Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society.