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Author Morton, Stephen, 1972-

Title States of Emergency : Colonialism, Literature and Law / Stephen Morton.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Postcolonialism across the disciplines ; 11
Postcolonialism across the disciplines ; 11.
Note Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Apr 2014).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary States of Emergency examines how violent anti-colonial struggles and the legal, military and political techniques employed by colonial governments to contain them have been imagined in literature and law. Through a series of case studies, the book considers how colonial states of exception have been defined and represented in the contexts of Ireland, India, South Africa, Algeria, Kenya, and Israel-Palestine, and concludes with an assessment of the continuities between these colonial states of emergency and the 'wars on terror' in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan. By doing so, the book c.
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Subject Postcolonialism in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781846318498 1846318491
ISBN 9781846317927 (electronic book)
1846317924 (electronic book)
9781781380758 (electronic book)
1781380759 (electronic book)
9781846318498 (hardback)
1846318491 (hardback)