Bill Ashcroft, "Edward Said Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 0415476879 | 2008 | 188 pages | PDF | 1317 KB
English | ISBN: 0415476879 | 2008 | 188 pages | PDF | 1317 KB
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 the emerging field of post-colonial studies, and for his controversial journalism 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'
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