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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PRINCETON STUDIES IN CULTURE/POWER/HISTORY. |
Summary |
How can we best forge a theoretical practice that directly addresses the struggles of once-colonized countries, many of which face the collapse of both state and society in today's era of economic reform? David Scott argues that recent cultural theories aimed at "deconstructing" Western representations of the non-West have been successful to a point, but that changing realities in these countries require a new approach. In Refashioning Futures, he proposes a strategic practice of criticism that brings the political more clearly into view in areas of the world where the very coherence of a secu. |
Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PRINCETON STUDIES IN CULTURE/POWER/HISTORY. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Culture -- Study and teaching.
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Culture -- Study and teaching. |
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Political science.
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Political science. |
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Developing countries -- Historiography.
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Developing countries. |
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Historiography. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Scott, David. Refashioning Futures : Criticism after Postcoloniality. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2001 9780691004860 |
ISBN |
9781400823062 (electronic book) |
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1400823064 (electronic book) |
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