The Nation and Its Fragments. Colonial and Postcolonial Histories, Paperback - Partha Chatterjee

Looks at the results of nationalist imagination in Asia and Africa that are posited not on identity but on difference with the nationalism propagat...

Focusing on colonial and postcolonial Lagos, Stephanie Newell traces the ways in which urban spaces come to be regarded as dirty by showing how col...

Partha Chatterjee reconsiders the concept of popular sovereignty in order to explain today's dramatic outburst of movements claiming to speak for "...

DescriptionOften dismissed as the rumblings of "the street, " popular politics is where political modernity is being formed today, according to Par...

Situated at the intersection of postcolonial studies, affect studies, and narratology, Affective Disorders explores the significance of emotion in ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 3 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and whiteN...

3rd edition of the popular guide, now with over 30 new entries including: Nostalgia, Post-colonial Cinema, Cosmopolitanism, Development, Traffickin...

Publisher: Beacon BooksAuthor(s): Munyaradzi Felix MuroveNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 16Cover type: Paperback ...

This book places the Manchester School in the vanguard of modern social anthropology. Werbner reveals not only the cosmopolitan distinctiveness but...

This book places the Manchester School in the vanguard of modern social anthropology. Werbner reveals not only the cosmopolitan distinctiveness but...

DescriptionThe Reader Art and Its Global Histories represents an invaluable teaching tool, offering content ranging from academic essays and excerp...

Orientalism and Religion offers a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. It draws on...

Ehud Eiran compares three major settlement projects Israel in the West Bank and Gaza, Morocco in Western Sahara and Indonesia in East-Timor to disc...

Publisher: Peter Lang LtdIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 328Collection: New Comparative CriticismPublication date: 20...

This was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial cultur...

This book encompasses experiences of the British Empire such as life in Nigeria before the arrival of the British, through to the British retreat f...

This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines.

The author of the bestselling The Invention of the Jewish People introduces two classic texts by a founding figure in the study of nationalism.

DescriptionThis book offers a new account of human interaction and culture change for Mesoamerica that connects the present to the past. Social his...

Located at the intersection of Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, and History, this interdisciplinary volume brings t...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Adrian FavellNumber of pages: 232Collection: Immigration and SocietyPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 210 x...

A history of the cosmopolitan forces that made contemporary Iran

Currently, the most influential sociolinguistic model for the evolution of 'Post-Colonial Englishes' is the Dynamic Model. In this Element, I outli...

Located at the intersection of Postcolonial Studies, Latin American Studies, Caribbean Studies, and History, this interdisciplinary volume brings t...

Reducere. A Nation of Women chronicles changing ideas of gender and identity among the Delaware Indians from the mid-seventeenth through the eighteenth centu...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingYugoslavia was arguably one of the most unusual geopo...

Takes us around the world to tell the compelling story of how museums today are making sense of immigration and globalization. This book provides a...

Discusses African metal scenes and conversations around the presence of heavy metal in the continent, and how acts in Africa are changing the conve...

In India, the eight states that border Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Tibetan areas of China are often referred to as just "the Northeast." In...

Reducere. Contested Histories in Public Space brings multiple perspectives to bear on historical narratives presented to the public in museums, monuments, te...

DescriptionOn December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad's eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Bi...

Publisher: Merrion PressAuthor(s): George HamiltonNumber of pages: 332Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softb...

A timely examination of the role of progressive Muslim intellectuals in the Pakistan movement. In Hidden Histories of Pakistan, Sarah Waheed offers...

Reducere. This fast-paced and timely book from Vijay Prashad is the best critical primer to the Middle East conflicts today, from Syria and Saudi Arabia to t...

Lesser-known tales of anticolonial defiance in artworks and marginal histories worldwideThe artists featured in this book create compelling narrati...

From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes an eye-opening journey through American history that unearths and debunks the myths we'v...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Benedicte SavoyIllustration(s): 11 color + 6 b/w illus.Translator: Susanne Meyer-AbichNumber of pag...