Post-Colonial Studies Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Deconstructing Europe

   Postcolonial Perspectives

   Edited by Sandra Ponzanesi, Bolette Blaagaard

   This book engages with the question of what makes Europe postcolonial and how memory, whiteness and religion figure in representations and manifestations of European ‘identity’ and self-perception. To deconstruct Europe is necessary as its definition is now contested more than ever, both internally...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and its Diaspora

   Edited by Deana Heath, Chandana Mathur

   Series: Intersections: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories

   Taking as its premise the belief that communalism is not a resurgence of tradition but is instead an inherently modern phenomenon, as well as a product of the fundamental agencies and ideas of modernity, and that globalization is neither a unique nor unprecedented process, this book addresses the...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Power, Resistance and Conflict in the Contemporary World

   Social movements, networks and hierarchies

   By Athina Karatzogianni, Andrew Robinson

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   This book examines issues of organisation in resistance movements, discussing topics including the integration of the world system, the intersection of networks with discourses of identity, and the possibility of social transformation. Drawing on a number of theorists including Deleuze and...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
4. State Formation and Radical Democracy in India

   By Manali Desai

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

   State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Theoretical Perspectives on Human Rights and Literature

   Edited by Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg, Alexandra Schultheis Moore

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   What can literary theory reveal about discourses and practices of human rights, and how can human rights frameworks help to make sense of literature? How have human rights concerns shaped the literary marketplace, and how can literature impact human rights concerns? Essays in this volume theorize...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Literary Radicalism in India

   Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence

   By Priyamvada Gopal

   Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

   Literary Radicalism in India situates postcolonial Indian literature in relation to the hugely influential radical literary movements initiated by the Progressive Writers Association and the Indian People's Theatre Association. In so doing, it redresses a visible historical gap in studies of...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
7. Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt

   Literature, culture, and empire

   By Deborah Starr

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

   Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt examines the link between cosmopolitanism in Egypt, from the nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century, and colonialism. While it has been widely noted that such a relationship exists, the nature and impact of this dynamic is often overlooked. Taking a...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Rudyard Kipling

   Edited by Roger Lancelyn Green

   This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
9. Literature and Development in North Africa

   The Modernizing Mission

   By Perri Giovannucci

   Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

   The book examines how modern global development largely privileges Western multinational interests at the expense of local or indigenous concerns in the "developing" nations of the East. The practices of development have mostly led not to economic, social, and political progressivism in local...

   Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge
10. Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Stephanie LeMenager, Teresa Shewry, Ken Hiltner

    Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

    Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century showcases the recent explosive expansion of environmental criticism, which is actively transforming three areas of broad interest in contemporary literary and cultural studies: history, scale, and science. With contributors engaging texts from...

    Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge