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Postcolonial Justice addresses a major issue in current postcolonial theory and beyond, namely, the question of how to reconcile an ethics grounded in the reciprocal acknowledgment of diversity and difference with the normative, if not universal thrust that appears to energize any notion of justice. The concept of postcolonial justice shared by the essays in this volume carries an unwavering commitment to difference within and beyond Europe, while equally rejecting radical cultural essentialisms, which refuse to engage in "utopian ideals" of convivial exchange across a plurality of subject positions. Such utopian ideals can no longer claim universal validity, as in the tradition of the European enlightenment; instead they are bound to local frames of speaking from which they project world.

Postcolonialism in literature. --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Law

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Postcolonial Lack reconvenes dialogue between Lacanian psychoanalysis and postcolonial theory in order to expand the range of cultural analyses of the former and make the latter theoretically relevant to the demands of contemporary narratives of othering, exclusion, and cultural appropriation. Seeking to resolve the mutual suspicion between the disciplines, Gautam Basu Thakur draws out the connections existing between Lacan's teachings on subjectivity and otherness and writings of postcolonial and decolonial theorists such as Gayatri Spivak, Frantz Fanon, and Homi Bhabha. By developing new readings of the marginalized other as radical impasse and pushing the envelope on neoliberal identity politics, the book moves postcolonial studies away from the perennial topic of identity and difference and into examining the form and function of the other as excess--surplus and/or lack--in colonial and postcolonial literature, film, and social discourse. Looking at writings by Mahasweta Devi, Amitav Ghosh, Leila Aboulela, Narayan Gangopadhyay, Katherine Boo, and films by Gillo Pontecorvo, Clint Eastwood, Ryan Coogler (Black Panther), and Tony Gatlif, Basu Thakur highlights a new set of ethical and political considerations emerging as a direct result of this shift and stakes a fundamental rethinking of postcoloniality through what he calls the "politics of ontological discordance."

Postcolonialism in literature.

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In sociolinguistic research on Englishes world-wide, little has been published on the pragmatics of postcolonial varieties. This interdisciplinary volume closes this research gap by providing integrative investigations of postcolonial discourses, probing the interstices between linguistic methodologies and literary text analysis. The literary texts under discussion are conceptualized as media both reflecting and creating reality, so that they provide valuable insights into postcolonial discourse phenomena.The contributions deal with the issue of how postcolonial Englishes, such as those spoken in India, Nigeria, South Africa and the Caribbean, have produced different pragmatic conventions in a complex interplay of culture-specific and global linguistic practices. They show the ways in which hybrid communicative situations based on ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity result in similarly hybrid social and communicative routines. The central pragmatic paradigms discussed here include im/politeness, speech act conventions, conversational maxims, deixis, humour, code-switching and -mixing, Othering, and linguistic exclusion.

Postcolonialism in literature. --- Linguistics. --- Sociolinguistics.

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Long description: 'Postkolonialismus und Kanon' – der Band erhellt einen blinden Fleck: 'Theoretische Studien' beziehen sich auf die Kriterien für einen evaluativen Umgang mit Literatur in postkolonialer Perspektive, eine Kritik der doppelten Standards in den Postkolonialen Studien, das Spannungsfeld von Kanon, Weltliteratur, Interkulturalität und Postkolonialismus und die Exklusionsmechanismen des literarischen Kanons. Das Spektrum der 'Fallstudien' reicht von der Ästhetik des Erhabenen über den Faszinationsraum: ›Inneres Afrika‹ im 19. Jahrhundert, den literarischen Antisemitismus, den binneneuropäischen Kolonialismus und den Postkolonialismus-Boom in der späten DDR-Literatur bis zur aktuellen deutschsprachigen afrikanischen Migrationsliteratur. Die Beiträge gehen zurück auf eine Tagung, die der Trierer Sonderforschungsbereich 600 'Armut und Fremdheit. Wandel von Inklusions- und Exklusionsformen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart' gemeinsam mit dem DFG-Netzwerk 'Postkoloniale Studien' veranstaltet hat. Biographical note: Herbert Uerlings, Professor für Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Trier, Sprecher des SFB 600 Fremdheit und Armut. Seit Poetiken der Interkulturalität (1997) zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen im Bereich der Interkulturellen Germanistik/Postkolonialen Studien. Iulia-Karin Patrut, Dr., Mitarbeiterin im Teilprojekt Literarische Repräsentation von ‚Zigeunern‘ im SFB 600 Fremdheit und Armut; Veröffentlichungen im Bereich der Postkolonialen Studien.

Postcolonialism in literature. --- Canon (Literature)

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Covering a wide range of textual forms and geographical locations, The Bloomsbury Introduction to Postcolonial Writing: New Contexts, New Narratives, New Debates is an advanced introduction to prominent issues in contemporary postcolonial literary studies. With chapters written by leading scholars in the field, The Bloomsbury Introduction to Postcolonial Writing includes: *Explorations of key contemporary topics, from ecocriticism, refugeeism, economics, faith and secularism, and gender and sexuality, to the impact of digital humanities on postcolonial studies *Introductions to a wide range of genres, from the novel, theatre and poetry to life-writing, graphic novels, film and games * In-depth analysis of writing from many postcolonial regions including Africa, South Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America, and African American writing Covering Anglophone and Francophone texts and contexts, and tackling the relationship between postcolonial studies and world literature, with a glossary of key critical terms, this is an essential text for all students and scholars of contemporary postcolonial studies.Review: Those wishing to familiarise themselves with the new research emerging within postcolonial studies would do well to begin here. This volume showcases the exciting and innovative work being pursued by younger and more established scholars who are extending and reshaping the provenance of the `postcolonial' in response to the new challenges and developments that have profoundly transformed the geo-political frames of enquiry since the field was first established. Tackling issues such as neoliberal globalisation, migration and refugee crises, uneven development, exclusionary and racialized state governmentalities, faith and secularism, eco-crisis, the formation of the global literary marketplace and the tension between postcolonial studies and world literature, as well as addressing hitherto relatively under-examined aspects of postcolonial literary and cultural studies, this volume is a welcome reminder that prognoses of the obsolescence of postcolonial studies have been greatly exaggerated: on this evidence, the field is in rude health. * Anshuman A. Mondal, Professor of Modern Literature, University of East Anglia, UK * This is an exciting and valuable new contribution to contemporary postcolonial studies, offering a comprehensive overview of consolidated and emerging fields of scholarship, and covering a broad array of genres, geographical locations and authors. It will serve as a vital introduction to the field for students, but also offers a rich panoply of new material for established scholars of postcolonial studies, ranging from new readings of well-known colonial and postcolonial texts, to focused studies of current and emerging areas such as the digital humanities; neoliberalism; world literature and the graphic novel. Comprising 20 chapters and including a helpful glossary, this is essential reading for students and academics alike.

Postcolonialism in literature. --- Decolonization in literature. --- Postcolonialism.