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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “bart moore gilbert”
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  • Postcolonial Criticism

    by Bart Moore-Gilbert, Gareth Stanton, Willy Maley ...
    Series series Longman Critical Readers
    Post-colonial theory is a relatively new area in critical contemporary studies, having its foundations more Postcolonial Criticism brings together some of the most important critical writings in the field, and aims to present a clear overview of, and introduction to, one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of contemporary literary criticism. It charts the development of the field ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

  • The Arts in the 1970s

    Cultural Closure

    by Bart Moore-Gilbert ...
    Were the 1970s really `the devils decade'? Images of strikes, galloping inflation, rising unemployment and bitter social divisions evoke a period of unparalleled economic decline, political confrontation and social fragmentation. But how significant were the pessimism and self-doubt of the 1970s, and what was the legacy of its cultural conflicts?Covering the entire spectrum of the arts - drama, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Setting Sun

    A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets

    by Bart Moore-Gilbert ...
    "I've always had difficulty imagining my father as a policeman. He seemed most himself in the informal setting of safari life, clothes disheveled, sometimes not shaving for days. So why did he join the Indian Police, with its rigid hierarchies and complex protocols?"Setting Sun is the story of the dying days of an empire, combined with gripping family history, in an extraordinary literary voyage ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Cultural Revolution?

    Edited by Bart Moore-Gilbert, Dr Bart Moore-Gilbert, John Seed ...
    Are the cultural upheavals of the sixties just a media myth? The Summer of Love with its ambience of marijuana and sitar music, the glitterati of Swinging London, and student protesters battling with the police evoke a period of material prosperity, cultural innovation and youthful rebellion. But how significant were the radical aspirations and utopian ideals of the sixties? And what is the legacy ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Postcolonial Life-Writing

    Culture, Politics, and Self-Representation

    by Bart Moore-Gilbert ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
    Postcolonial Life-Writing is the first attempt to offer a sustained critique of this increasingly visible and influential field of cultural production.Bart Moore-Gilbert considers the relationship between postcolonial life-writing and its western analogues, identifying the key characteristics that differentiate the genre in the postcolonial context. Focusing particularly on writing styles and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Death of a Discipline

    by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak ...
    Series series The Wellek Library Lectures
    For almost three decades, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has been ignoring the standardized "rules" of the academy and trespassing across disciplinary boundaries. Today she remains one of the foremost figures in the study of world literature and its cultural consequences. In this new book she declares the death of comparative literature as we know it and sounds an urgent call for a "new comparative ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Obituary as Collective Memory

    by Bridget Fowler ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    The first serious academic study of obituaries, this book focuses on how societies remember. Bridget Fowler makes great use of the theories of Pierre Bordieu, arguing that obituaries are one important component in society's collective memory. This book, the first of its kind, will find a place on every serious sociology scholar's bookshelves. ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Women and the Media

    Feminism and Femininity in Britain, 1900 to the Present

    Edited by Maggie Andrews, Sallie McNamara ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
    The media have played a significant role in the contested and changing social position of women in Britain since the 1900s. They have facilitated feminism by both providing discourses and images from which women can construct their identities, and offering spaces where hegemonic ideas of femininity can be reworked. This volume is intended to provide an overview of work on Broadcasting, Film and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Politics of Performance

    Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention

    by Baz Kershaw ...
    The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre. It proposes a theory of performace as ideological transaction, cultural intervention and community action, which is used to illuminate the potential social and political effects of radical performance practice. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Contemporary Irish Drama and Cultural Identity

    by Margaret Llewellyn-Jones ...
    Within the last ten years there has been a renaissance in Irish drama from both sides of the border, including award-winning work which has transfered to London and New York, and has toured Britain as well as Europe and Australia. This book explores the dynamics of the relationship between these representations of Ireland and the fluid nature of cultural identity, especially during a period of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory

    A Reader

    by Patrick Williams, Laura Chrisman ...
    This popular text provides an in-depth introduction to debates within post-colonial theory and criticism. The readings are drawn from a diverse selection of thinkers both historical and contemporary. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • An Introduction To Post-Colonial Theory

    by Peter Childs, Patrick Williams ...
    The first book of its kind in the field, this timely introduction to post- colonial theory offers lucid and accessible summaries of the major work of key theorists such as Frantz Fanon, Edward Said.Homi Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak. The Guide also Explores the lines of resistance against colonialism and highlights the theories of post-colonial identity that have been responsible for generating some ... Read more

    $102.99 USD