Histories, Myths and Decolonial Interventions

Histories, Myths and Decolonial Interventions A Planetary Resistance

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book explores postcolonial myths and histories within colonially structured narratives which persist and are carried in culture, language, and history in various parts of the world.

It analyzes constructions of identities, stereotypes, and mythical fantasies in postcolonial society. Exploring a wide range of themes including the appropriation and use of language, myths of decolonialization, and nationalism, and the colonial influence on systems of academic knowledge, the book focuses on how these myths reinforce, subvert, and appropriate colonial binaries for the articulation of the postcolonial self. With essays which study narratives of emigrants in Argentina, the colonial mythology in the Dodecanese in Italy, and the mythico-narratives of island insularity in contemporary Sri Lanka among others, this volume emphasizes the role of indigenous studies in building a postcolonial consciousness.

This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of post-colonial studies, cultural studies, literature, history, political science, and sociology.

Book information

ISBN: 9781032273068
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge India
Pub date:
DEWEY: 325.3
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 190
Weight: 453g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 10mm