{"product_id":"9781405191548","title":"Terror and the Postcolonial A Concise Companion","description":"\u003ch3\u003eConcise Companions to Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTerror and the Postcolonial\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Concise Companion\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eElleke Boehmer | Stephen Morton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerror and the Postcolonial\u003c\/i\u003e is a major comparative study of terrorism and its representations in postcolonial theory, literature, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA ground-breaking study addressing and theorizing the relationship between postcolonial studies, colonial history, and terrorism through a series of contemporary and historical case studies from various postcolonial contexts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritically analyzes the figuration of terrorism in a variety of postcolonial literary texts from South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRaises the subject of terror as both an expression of globalization and a postcolonial product\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures key essays by well-known theorists, such as Robert J. C. Young, Derek Gregory, and Achille Mbembe, and Vron Ware\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eElleke Boehmer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of World Literatures in English at the University of Oxford, well known for her research in international writing and postcolonial theory, she is the author of eight books, among them \u003ci\u003eColonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors\u003c\/i\u003e (1995, 2005), \u003ci\u003eEmpire, the National and the Postcolonial\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eNelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eNile Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Morton\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton. He is currently completing a study of colonial states of emergency in literature and law, 1905−2005, and is the author of several books and articles on postcolonial literature and thought, including \u003ci\u003eSalman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRushdie: Fictions of Postcolonial Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eGayatri Spivak: Ethics, Subalternity and the Critique of Postcolonial Reason\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME:\u003cbr\u003e Bashir Abu-Manneh, Elleke Boehmer, Emma Brodzinski, Robert Eaglestone, Derek Gregory, Peter Heehs, Alex Houen, Achille Mbembe, Stephen Morton, Stuart Price, Ranka Primorac, Neluka Silva, Sujala Singh, Alex Tickell, Vron Ware, Robert J. C. Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e02 November 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405191548\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e408\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384467353740,"sku":"9781405191548","price":145.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405191548.jpg?v=1780170884","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405191548","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}