Zones of Instability: Literature, Postcolonialism, and the Nation

by Imre Szeman

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Attempts by writers and intellectuals in former colonies to create unique national cultures are often thwarted by a context of global modernity, which discourages particularity and uniqueness. In describing unstable social and political cultures, such third-world intellectuals often find themselves torn between the competing literary requirements of the local culture of the colony and the cosmopolitan, world culture introduced by Western civilization.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801868033

ISBN13:9780801868030

Release Date:February 2004

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:245 Pages

Weight:1.13 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.6" x 9.2"

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