Edward Said

Bibliographic Data

ID19940283
AuthorsBill Ashcroft (0000-0002-2447-2710), Pal Ahluwalia (0000-0002-2323-3822, University of South Australia)
Year2008
Pages188
Publication date2008-10-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueEdward Said (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203888070
OpenAlexW4254887102
Open LibraryOL16776127M
ISBN9780203888070
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of the landmark study Orientalism, a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped the emerging field of post-colonial studies, and for his controversial journalism on the Palestinian political situation. Looking at the context and the impact of Said's scholarship and journalism, this book examines Said's key ideas, including: the significance of 'worldliness', 'amateurism', 'secular criticism', 'affiliation' and 'contrapuntal reading' the place of text and critic in 'the world' knowledge, power and the construction of the 'Other' links between culture and imperialism exile, identity and the plight of Palestine a new chapter looking at Said's later work and style This popular guide has been fully updated and revised in a new edition, suitable for readers approaching Said's work for the first time as well as those already familiar with the work of this important theorist. The result is the ideal guide to one of the twentieth century's most engaging critical thinkers

History · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Criticism · Critique · edward w. Said (1935-2003) · Influence · Literary Criticism · Political aspects · Politics and literature · Politique et littérature · Semiotics & Theory

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