Bibliograph

Postcolonial life-writing, culture, politics and self-representation, Bart Moore-Gilbert

Type

Label

Postcolonial life-writing, culture, politics and self-representation, Bart Moore-Gilbert

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Postcolonial life-writing

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bart Moore-Gilbert

Series statement

Routledge research in postcolonial literatures

Sub title

culture, politics and self-representation

Summary

At a time when concepts of identity and self-representation are abundant in both literary and cultural studies, this book brings together the two increasingly popular and important fields of postcolonial studies and life writing., Postcolonial Life-Writing is the first attempt to offer a sustained critique of this increasingly visible and influential field of cultural production. Bart Moore-Gilbert considers the relationship between postcolonial life-writing and its western analogues, identifying the key characteristics that differentiate the genre in the postcolonial context. Focusing particularly on writing styles and narrative conceptions of the Self, this book uncovers a distinctive parallel tradition of auto/biographical writing and analyses its cultural and political significance. Original and provocative, this book brings together the two distinct fields of Postcolonial Studies and Auto/biography Studies in a fruitful and much needed dialogue

Target audience

specialized

Classification