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082 _a325.3
_bMAR
245 _aMarxism, modernity, and postcolonial studies
260 _aCambridge, UK ; New York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2002.
300 _ax, 290 p.:
500 _aIncludes Index.
505 _aMarxism, modernity, and postcolonial studies / Crystal Bartolovich -- Rise of East Asia and the withering away of the interstate system / Giovanni Arrighi -- Fetish of "the West" in postcolonial theory / Neil Lazarus -- Eurocentric Marx and Engels and other related myths / August Nimtz -- Karl Marx, Eurocentrism, and the 1857 Revolt in British India / Pranav Jani -- Misplaced ideas? Locating and dislocating Ireland in colonial and postcolonial studies / Joe Cleary -- Liberation theory : variations on themes of Marxism and modernity / Benita Parry -- Sex, space, and modernity in the work of Rashid Jahan, "Angareywali" / Priyamvada Gopal -- Was there time before race? Capitalist modernity and the origins of racism / Helen Scott -- Postcolonial studies between the European wars : an intellectual history / Timothy Brennan -- Marxism, postcolonialism, and The eighteenth brumaire / Neil Larsen -- Postcolonialism and the problematic of uneven development / E. San Juan, Jr. -- Adorno, authenticity, critique / Keya Ganguly.
520 _aBy giving substantial attention to issues such as globalisation, racism, and modernity, Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies provides a specifically Marxist intervention into postcolonial and cultural studies. An international team of contributors locate a common ground of issues engaging Marxist and postcolonial critics alike.
650 _aCommunism and society.
650 _aPostmodernism -- Social aspects.
650 _aPost-colonialism.
700 _aCrystal Bartolovich (Editor)
700 _aNeil Lazarus (Editor)
942 _cREF
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