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Terror and the Postcolonial
Boehmer, Elleke ; Morton, Stephen (Author)
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Terror and the Postcolonial - Boehmer, Elleke ; Morton, Stephen
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Synopsis "Terror and the Postcolonial"
Terror and the Postcolonial is a major comparative study of terrorism and its representations in postcolonial theory, literature, and culture. A ground-breaking study addressing and theorizing the relationship between postcolonial studies, colonial history, and terrorism through a series of contemporary and historical case studies from various postcolonial contexts Critically analyzes the figuration of terrorism in a variety of postcolonial literary texts from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Raises the subject of terror as both an expression of globalization and a postcolonial product Features key essays by well-known theorists, such as Robert J. C. Young, Derek Gregory, and Achille Mbembe, and Vron Ware
