ISBN: 9781474490207 - postcolonial fiction and colonial time: waiting for now (15 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: New. Demonstrates that waiting is essential to theorising the relationship between time, power and agency in postcolonial fictionBrings together critical time and postcolonial studies, which produces new directions for both fieldsReinvigorates narrative and time analyses by developing a framework that builds from interdisciplinary theories grounded in the literary theory, the social sciences, history, and philosophyIntervenes in theorisations of time and temporality across postcolonial spaces through the analytic of waitingOffers innovative readings of both classic and contemporary postcolonial novels that demonstrate the centrality of waiting to postcolonial temporalitiesPostcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time reveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting in colonial regimes of time, as well as in postcolonial framings of time, history and agency. Drawing from critical time and postcolonial studies alike, this book argues that the temporality of waiting is an essential concept to theorise the relationship between time and power in postcolonial fiction across the long twentieth century - one that illuminates the contradictory temporalities that underlie narratives of progress, modernization and development. The book contributes to the resurgence of interest in time within literary studies by demonstrating that waiting is also integral to postcolonial temporalities, from anticolonial nationalist movements for independence to forms of reconciliation after conflict. In addition to innovative readings of both classic and contemporary postcolonial novels, this study challenges the dominant narrative of the twentieth century as a time of acceleration and movement by arguing for the centrality of waiting to time-consciousness in the postcolonial world.…

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorAmanda Lagji is Assistant Professor of English and World Literature at Pitzer College. Her research interests include postcolonial literatures, critical time studies and terrorism and literature. She publishes widel.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time reveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting in colonial regimes of time, as well as in postcolonial framings of time, history and agency. Drawing from critical time and postcolonial studies alike, this book argues that the temporality of waiting is an essential concept to theorise the relationship between time and power in postcolonial fiction across the long twentieth century - one that illuminates the contradictory temporalities that underlie narratives of progress, modernization and development. The book contributes to the resurgence of interest in time within literary studies by demonstrating that waiting is also integral to postcolonial temporalities, from anticolonial nationalist movements for independence to forms of reconciliation after conflict. In addition to innovative readings of both classic and contemporary postcolonial novels, this study challenges the dominant narrative of the twentieth century as a time of acceleration and movement by arguing for the centrality of waiting to time-consciousness in the postcolonial world.…

Hardback. Zustand: New. Demonstrates that waiting is essential to theorising the relationship between time, power and agency in postcolonial fictionBrings together critical time and postcolonial studies, which produces new directions for both fieldsReinvigorates narrative and time analyses by developing a framework that builds from interdisciplinary theories grounded in the literary theory, the social sciences, history, and philosophyIntervenes in theorisations of time and temporality across postcolonial spaces through the analytic of waitingOffers innovative readings of both classic and contemporary postcolonial novels that demonstrate the centrality of waiting to postcolonial temporalitiesPostcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time reveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting in colonial regimes of time, as well as in postcolonial framings of time, history and agency. Drawing from critical time and postcolonial studies alike, this book argues that the temporality of waiting is an essential concept to theorise the relationship between time and power in postcolonial fiction across the long twentieth century - one that illuminates the contradictory temporalities that underlie narratives of progress, modernization and development. The book contributes to the resurgence of interest in time within literary studies by demonstrating that waiting is also integral to postcolonial temporalities, from anticolonial nationalist movements for independence to forms of reconciliation after conflict. In addition to innovative readings of both classic and contemporary postcolonial novels, this study challenges the dominant narrative of the twentieth century as a time of acceleration and movement by arguing for the centrality of waiting to time-consciousness in the postcolonial world.…

Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Timereveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting in colonial regimes of time, as well as in postcolonial framings of time, history and agency. Drawing from critical time and postcolonial studies alike, this book argues that the temporality of waiting is an essential concept to theorise the relationship between time and power in postcolonial fiction across the long twentieth century - one that illuminates the contradictory temporalities that underlie narratives of progress, modernization and development.The book contributes to the resurgence of interest in time within literary studies by demonstrating that waiting is also integral to postcolonial temporalities, from anticolonial nationalist movements for independence to forms of reconciliation after conflict. In addition to innovative readings of both classic and contemporary postcolonial novels, this study challenges the dominant narrative of the twentieth century as a time of acceleration and movement by arguing for the centrality of waiting to time-consciousness in the postcolonial world. Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Timereveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting in colonial regimes of time, as well as in postcolonial framings of time, history and agency. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…