Postcolonial Theory and Psychoanalysis: From Uneasy Engagements to Effective Critique - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mrinalini GreedharryTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:4/30/2008Pages:182
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230521636ISBN-10:0230521630UPC:9780230521636Book Category:Literary Criticism, PsychologyBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Psychotherapy, ModernBook Topic:Psychoanalysis, 19th CenturySize:8.78 x 5.40 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.35Product ID:SCRSHAA04H
Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230521636ISBN-10:0230521630UPC:9780230521636Book Category:Literary Criticism, PsychologyBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Psychotherapy, ModernBook Topic:Psychoanalysis, 19th CenturySize:8.78 x 5.40 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.35Product ID:SCRSHAA04H
MRINALINI GREEDHARRY was a SSHRCC Doctoral Fellow and British Council ORS Scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where she obtained her PhD in 2005. Currently working as an independent scholar, she researches literature as a form of ethico-political critique and lectures regularly on the culture of colonialism.
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