Reconciliation: Preface
Since reconciliation is a central issue in postcolonial societies, it is undeniably a fundamental concern in the literatures which emerge from them. As Brian Wallis has remarked, ‘it is not that representations possess an inherently ideological content but that they carry out an inherently ideologi...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Περίληψη: | Since reconciliation is a central issue in postcolonial societies, it is undeniably a fundamental concern in the literatures which emerge from them. As Brian Wallis has remarked, ‘it is not that representations possess an inherently ideological content but that they carry out an inherently ideological function in determining the production of meaning’ (Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation, p. xv). Like other contestatory literatures on the margins of dominant culture, postcolonial ... |
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