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082 0 4 _a801.95092
_bASH
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100 1 _aAshcroft, Bill,
_d1946-
_eauthor.
_937057
245 1 0 _aEdward Said /
_cBill Ashcroft and Pal Ahluwalia.
250 _aRevised second edition.
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York :
_bRoutledge / Taylor & Francis Group,
_c2009.
300 _axii, 185 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aRoutledge critical thinkers
500 _aFirst edition published 1999.
500 _aSecond edition published 2001.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aEdward 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' the place of text and critic in 'the world' knowledge, power and the construction of the 'Other' links between culture and imperialism exile, identity and the plight of Palestine a new chapter looking at Said's later work and style
520 _aThis popular guide has been fully updated and revised in a new edition, suitable for readers approaching Said's work for the first time as well as those already familiar with the work of this important theorist. The result is the ideal guide to one of the twentieth century's most engaging critical thinkers.
600 1 7 _aSaid, Edward W.
_2BUEsh
_93342
650 7 _aPolitics and literature.
_2BUEsh
650 7 _aCriticism
_xPolitical aspects.
_2BUEsh
653 _bHHUUEENN
_cNovember2019
655 _vReading book
700 1 _aAhluwalia, D. P. S.
_q(D. Pal S.)
_eauthor.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008015951.html
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