Amateur, the: self-making and the humanities in the postcolony
Auteur :
Majumdar, Professor Saikat
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781501399862
Date de publication :
11 juil. 2024
Dimensions :
22,0 x 14,8 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
420 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The institutionalization of a literary curriculum was part of the ideological enterprise of British rule in the colony. This book examines South-Asian, Caribbean, and African writers and public intellectuals for whom anti-colonial amateur criticism and discourse is the primary mode of thought, articulation and world-making.