Southern Postcolonialisms

Southern Postcolonialisms is an anthology of critical essays on new literary representations from the Global South that seeks to re-invent/reorient the ideological disciplinary aesthetic and pedagogical thrust of Postcolonial Studies in accordance with the new and shifting politico-economic realities/transactions between the North and the South as well as within the Global South in an era of globalization. Since the emergence of Postcolonial Theory in the 1980s the shape of the world has changed dramatically. Old Cold War boundaries have shifted in the wake of the collapse of communism Globalization on an unprecedented scale has dramatically changed the meaning of time and space. The rise of the US as a new imperial power has profound implications for the world order. In the South new emerging markets have challenged the older division of industrial âfirst worldâ and non-industrial âthird worldâ. In most parts of the world the academy is struggling to keep up with these developments. One result has been a major transnational turn in the humanities and social sciences. Terms like âworld historyâ âglobalizationâ âglocalizationâ and âtransnationalismâ now dominate academic agendas worldwide. These changing circumstances raise far-reaching questions. What does the new emerging world order mean for established models of postcolonial theory? Is postcolonialism as a field of study being overtaken by models of globalization and transnationalism? What implications do the new configurations in the South have for postcolonial theory? This volume drawn from a major literary conference at Delhi University provides a set of perspectives on these questions. With a majority of contributions by scholars from the South these research articles have a dual focus â they revisit older debates on postcolonial theory while suggesting new perspectives and directions. . Language: English