Book Description
The authors, three leading figures in post-colonial studies, open up debates about the interrelationships of post-colonial literatures, investigate the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text, and show how these texts constitute a radical critique of Eurocentric notions of literature and language.
About the Author
Bill Ashcroft teaches at the University of New South Wales, Australia, Gareth Griffiths at the University of Western Australia and Helen Tiffin at the University of Queensland.
The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures (New Accents Series 2002) FROM THE PUBLISHER
The authors, three leading figures in post-colonial studies, open up debates about the interrelationships of post-colonial literatures, investigate the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text, and show how these texts constitute a radical critique of Eurocentric notions of literature and language.