Utopianism in Postcolonial Literatures

ISBN-13: 9781138187788 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 226 str.

Bill Ashcroft

Opis

Postcolonial Studies is more often found looking back at the past, but in this brand new book, Bill Ashcroft looks to the future and the irrepressible demands of utopia. The concept of utopia whether playful satire or a serious proposal for an ideal community is examined in relation to the postcolonial and the communities with which it engages. Studying a very broad range of literature, poetry and art, with chapters focussing on specific regions Africa, India, Chicano, Caribbean and Pacific this book is written in a clear and engaging prose which make it accessible to undergraduates as well as academics. This important book speaks to the past and future of postcolonial scholarship."

Spis treści

1. Utopia, Travel and Empire  2. Heimat Anticipation and Postcolonial Literatures  3. The Ambiguous Necessity of Utopia  4. Remembering the Future: Time and Utopia in African Literature  5. Beyond the Nation-State  6. Writing and Re-Writing India  7. Borderland Heterotopia: Aztlan and the Chicano Nation  8. Archipelago of Dreams: Utopianism in Caribbean Literature  9. Oceanic Hope: Utopianism in the Pacific  10. Settler Colony Utopianism

O autorze

Bill Ashcroft is an Australian Professorial Fellow in the University of New South Wales, Australia. Heis author and co-author ofsixteen books, including the seminal textThe Empire Writes Back,and is one of the leading figures in Postcolonial Studies.