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Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction By Robert J. C. Young
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This innovative and lively book is quite unlike any other introduction to postcolonialism Robert Young examines the political social and cultural after-effects of decolonization by presenting situations experiences and testimony rather than going through the theory at an abstract level He situates the debate in a wide cultural context discussing its importance as an historical condition with examples such as the status of aboriginal people of those dispossessed from their land Algerian rai music postcolonial feminism and global social and ecological movements Above all Young argues postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global inequality and so in a new way continues the anti-colonial struggles of the past ABOUT THE SERIES The Very
Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject
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This innovative & lively book is quite unlike any other introduction to postcolonialism Robert Young examines the political social & cultural after-effects of decolonization by presenting situations experiences & testimony rather than going through the theory at an abstract level He situates the debate in a wide cultural context discussing its importance as an historical condition with examples such as the status of aboriginal people of those dispossessed from their land Algerian rai music postcolonial feminism & global social & ecological movements Above all Young argues postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that contests the current situation of global inequality & so in a new way continues the anti-colonial struggles of the past ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject

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