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P. Ahluwalia et B. Ashcroft, Edward Said

P. Ahluwalia et B. Ashcroft, Edward Said

Publié le par Gabriel Marcoux-Chabot (Source : Site web de la maison d'édition)

AHLUWALIA, Pal, et Bill ASHCROFT, Edward Said, New York, Routledge, 2008, 200 p.
ISBN 978-0-415-47689-8

RÉSUMÉ

Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of the landmark study Orientalism,a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped theemerging field of post-colonial studies, and for his controversialjournalism on the Palestinian political situation.

Looking at the context and the impact of Said's scholarship and journalism, this book examines Said's key ideas, including:
- the significance of 'worldliness', 'amateurism', 'secular criticism', 'affiliation' and 'contrapuntal reading'
- the place of text and critic in 'the world'
- knowledge, power and the construction of the 'Other'
- links between culture and imperialism
- exile, identity and the plight of Palestine
- a new chapter looking at Said's later work and style

This popular guide has been fully updated and revised in a newedition, suitable for readers approaching Said's work for the firsttime as well as those already familiar with the work of this importanttheorist. The result is the ideal guide to one of the twentiethcentury's most engaging critical thinkers.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Why Said? Key Ideas 1. Worldliness: the text 2.Worldliness: the critic 3. Orientalism 4. Culture as imperialism 5.Palestine 6. Said's Late Style After Said Further Reading

BIOGRAPHIE

Bill Ashcroft is a founding exponent of post-colonial theory, co-author of The Empire Writes Back,the first text to examine systematically the field of post-colonialstudies. He is Chair of the School of English at the University of HongKong, on leave from the University of New South Wales.

Pal Ahluwalia is Pro Vice Chancellor of the Division of Education, Arts and SocialSciences and the Director for the Centre for Post-Colonial Studies,University of Southern Australia. He is the editor of three Routledgejournals, Social Identities, African Identities and Sikh Formations.