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Edward Said and the Writing of History Shelley Walia

Edward Said and the Writing of History By Shelley Walia

Edward Said and the Writing of History by Shelley Walia


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Summary

Said famously argued in 'Orientalism' that the West developed, at the peak of colonial expansion, a body of knowledge that imperialists could use to gain power. Walia investigates the need for alternative 'subaltern' histories and the influences - Foucault, Gramsci - that inspire them.

Edward Said and the Writing of History Summary

Edward Said and the Writing of History by Shelley Walia

Said famously argued in 'Orientalism' that the West developed, at the peak of colonial expansion, a body of knowledge that imperialists could use to gain power. Walia investigates the need for alternative 'subaltern' histories and the influences - Foucault, Gramsci - that inspire them.

About Shelley Walia

Shelley Walia teaches Postcolonial Theory at the Department of English, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is the author of Evelyn Waugh: Witness to Decline and Between History and Truth.

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GOR011381283
9781840462708
1840462701
Edward Said and the Writing of History by Shelley Walia
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