Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial

by Vinayak Chaturvedi (Editor), David Arnold (Contributor), C.A. Bayly (Contributor)

Inspired by Antonio Gramsci’s writings on the history of subaltern classes, the authors in Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial sought to contest the elite histories of Indian nationalists by adopting the paradigm of ‘history from below’. Later on, the project shifted from its social history origins by drawing upon an eclectic group of thinkers that included Edward Said, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. This book provides a comprehensive balance sheet of the project and its developments, including Ranajit Guha’s original subaltern studies manifesto, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak.

Genres: History, Philosophy, Academic, Nonfiction, Theory, Anthropology, Language

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Broad but offers a comprehensive view of modern subaltern studies. Spivak article especially interesting in light of her previous "Can the Subaltern Speak" conclusions.