Key Concepts in Post-Colonial Studies (Key Concepts

by Bill Ashcroft, Helen Tiffin

As a subject, post-colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism, gender, politics and language. In the language of post-colonial studies, some words are new, others are familiar but charged with new significance. This volume provides an essential key to understanding the issues that characterize post-colonialism, explaining what it is, where it is encountered and why it is crucial in forging new cultural identities. This comprehensive glossary has extensive cross-referencing, suggestions for further reading at the end of each entry, a bibliography of essential writings in post-colonial studies and is presented in an easy-to-use A-Z format.

Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology, Reference, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Politics, Academic

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Mohamed Shams · Rating 4 out of 5]

متحف لا معجم
الكتاب يحتوي على سرد لمجموعة من المصطلحات من بيان كيف استخدم هذا المصطلح خلال الفترة المعني بها الكتاب وهي الحقبة الكولونيالية (الاستعمارية) وهو ما ذكرني بالمتاحف التي تعرض مجموعة من الاشياء ليست مجردة وانما مرتبطة بحقبة تاريخية معينة

الكتاب مفيد جدا كمقدمة لفهم الواقع الذي تعيشه المنطقة والذي يعد نتيجة مباشرة لما بعد الكولونياليةويساعد بشدة كل من يبحث في هذه الفترة كما انه يحتوي على مجموعة واسعة جدا من المراجع والكتب المرشحة للقراءة

يفترض ان لا اتكلم عن الترجمة لأن احد المترجمين هو عاطف عثمان الذي اتشرف بصداقدته ولكن المجهود المبذول في الترجمة يحتاج التحية فنادرا ما تجد من المترجمين من يهتم بصك واعتمات مصطلحات لا توضح فقط المعنى المشار اليه وانما اهتم فريق العمل ان يكون المصطلح عربيا تماما يمكن تصريفه واستخدامه بدون كسر قواعد اللغة العربية
تحية لكل فريق الترجمة

[Sadia Mansoor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book on Postcolonial studies... http://staff.uny.ac.id/sites/default/...

[hami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing guide for anyone who is interested in the nitty-gritty of colonial and post-colonial tradition. The second edition is more complete than the first edition, however, it can also be made more comprehensive.
The book is one of those you should have on your bookshelf if you have to deal with post-colonial and cultural studies vocabulary and concepts.

[scott noble · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is the way to get started in understanding what post-colonial studies actually consists of. i use it to introduce concepts to those who are unfamiliar with my field of work. it also has an excellent bibliography to get you started in research.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this book has its flaws and is not comprehensive, I am using it as the main textbook in my Postcolonial Literature Class this fall. This text has the advantage in that it breaks down concepts into manageable chunks and terminology for new readers who have never come into contact with the terms before. I'm headed into an environment where the students have minor theory backgrounds and have never heard the word postcolonialism before. All of the other postcolonial introductory books made were still too complex for where my students were starting. That's where this book excels. I will still have to supplement it in a few parts, which is why I'm not giving it five stars, but I do recommend this book to anyone just starting out in postcolonial studies.

[Marwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

الكتاب جميل جدا بيتكلم عن فترة الاستعمار اللى لازالنا بنعاني من اثاره حتى اليوم ورغم انه مرتبط بتاثير الادب والثقافة الانجليزية على شعوب ماكان يعرف باملاك بريطانيا العظمى وتاثيره على ثقافاتها لكن كان فيه مصطلحات كانت صعبة بالنسبة ليا فهمها

[شريف مراد · Rating 3 out of 5]

كتاب مدرسى و مفاهيمى مهم و مدخل ممتاز لدراسات ما بعد الكولونيالية

[Kristen Santer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good and thorough read on the basic ideas behind postcolonialism. I especially enjoyed and appreciated the historiography and history behind the theories and the academics who wrote them. My only criticism would be that at times a bit basic depending on your level of knowledge prior to reading the book, and certain passages or definitions are quite repetitive.

[Morris Yen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book that organizes all the major concepts in postcolonial literature and helped me a lot on the essay for the corresponding module.

[Lucía · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished going through this to prepare notes for my Can Lit students. Fantastic primer and very useful for classroom settings.

[Ghazal Farooqi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Serves as an access to the main terms of postcolonial studies.

[Alex Hubert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ask me to define any term related to Post-colonial studies, i dare you, I DOUBLE DARE YOU

[no · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its flaws are the flaws of the field (some resolved in the last decade-and-a-half, some remaining) and a result of it being, well, a dictionary/glossary. It won't lead anyone to the promised land, but it's a sharp hatchet to cut through the dense thickets of jargon that typify postcolonial theory, and its outline of contentious issues within the field is even-handed and judicious - no small feat. Its usefulness also supersedes its subject: the entries on discourse, modernity, and subject/subjectivity should be given to any freshmen or sophomores hacking the theory thing for the first time, postcolonial or otherwise.

Takeaway:
"Charles Larson gives an account of his teaching a Thomas Hardy novel to African students, and recounts the ways in which his initial universalist cultural assumptions were exposed by local experience. Larson was stunned when asked the question 'What is a kiss?'"

[Drea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good resource.

[Ricardo Silva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still using it, but it won't be a thorough reading. Just to search for the concepts I need for my research.

[عاطف عثمان]

دراسات ما بعد الكولونيالية - المفاهيم الرئيسية
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[Salma Gh]

.مرجع ممتاز لتبيّن المصطلحات و المفاهيم التي تأسس عليها تيار ما بعد الكولونيانية