Beyond Postcolonial Theory

Opposing the orthodoxies of establishment postcolonialism, Beyond Postcolonial Theory posits acts of resistance and subversion by people of color as central to the unfolding dialogue with Western hegemony. The testimonies and signifying practices of Rigoberta Menchu, C.L.R. James, various "minority" writers in the United States, and intellectuals from Africa, Latin America, and Asia are counterposed against the dogmas of contingency, borderland nomadism, panethnicity, and the ideology of identity politics and transcultural postmodern pastiche. Reappropriating ideas from Gramsci, Bakhtin, Althusser, Freire, and others in the radical democratic tradition, San Juan deploys them to recover the memory of national liberation struggles (Fanon, Cabral, Che Guevara) on the face of the triumphal march of globalized capitalism.

Author: Na Na
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/15/1997
Pages: 325
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.78w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9780312174262

About the Author
E. San Juan Jr. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative American Cultures at Washington State University.