Nivedita Majumdar. The World in a Grain of Sand: Postcolonial Literature and Radical Universalism
Theoretical reflections and academic practices originating in degrees of discontent with the term “postcolonial” as well as with the post-structuralist tradition thus labelled have become rather common in recent years (Slemon, Spivak, Hodge and Mishra, Parry). This line of critical investigation is...
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Postcolonial Literatures and Arts
2024
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | Theoretical reflections and academic practices originating in degrees of discontent with the term “postcolonial” as well as with the post-structuralist tradition thus labelled have become rather common in recent years (Slemon, Spivak, Hodge and Mishra, Parry). This line of critical investigation is picked up in innovative ways by Nivedita Majumdar, who voices a certain frustration in front of texts which, under a “cosmopolitan patina” (15), are, according to her, merely expressing objectiona... |
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