Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 11:51:54 -0800
From: "C. J. S. Wallia" <cjwallia-AT-indiastar.com>
Subject: RE: Page on the term "postcolonial"



I enjoyed reading Paul Brians' brief piece.
Yesterday, I received a new Routledge publication, "Key Concepts
in Post-Colonial Studies," by  Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen
Tiffin.
It's designed as a reference book and the dozen or so entries
I read are very well written.

c.j.s. wallia

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>You wrote:
>
>>I have written a document entitled "'Postcolonial Literature': Problems
>>with the Term" which is now on the Web at
>><http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/postcolonial.html>. It is aimed at
>>my students studying the subject and is an attempt at articulating my own
>>problems with the term and the concept. It is not meant to be a
>>comprehensive overview or even a scholarly paper: just a pedagogical
>>device, aimed especially at undergraduates and graduate students without
>>much background in the field.
>>
>>I am looking for comments and suggestions.
>>
>>It also contains at the bottom a list of links for Web sources on
>>Colonialism's "greatest hits." I am looking for pages on Rhodes in Africa,
>>slavery on the sugar plantations of Jamaica and Cuba and a better account
>>of the Belgians in the Congo. What I want are clear, factual, detailed
>>expositions of events readable by intelligent undergraduates but based on
>>scholarship--preferably with bibliographies attached. Suggestions for
>>additions would be most welcome. The idea is to give a few quick, vivid
>>examples for students whose knowledge of the subject is extremely vague.
>>
>>Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
>>Pullman, WA 99164-5020
>>brians-AT-wsu.edu
>>http://www.wsu.edu/~brians
>
>
>
>Dear Paul,
>
>	Would you kindly send me a printed copy of your document?  My
>students & I are interested in this area-study; your thoughts will provide
>some fresh insights.  Very many thanks in advance.
>
>							Muhammad Deeb
>
>-----------
>Dr. M. Deeb
>Dept of Comparative Literature,
>University of Alberta,
>Edmonton, Alberta,
>Canada T6G 2E6
>
>
>
>
>
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C. J. S. Wallia,  Ph.D.
Publisher, IndiaStar: A Literary-Art Magazine
http://www.indiastar.com
Phone and Fax: (510) 848-8200
P.O. Box 5582, Berkeley, CA 94705, U.S.A.
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I enjoyed reading Paul Brians' brief piece.

Yesterday, I received a new Routledge publication, "Key Concepts

in Post-Colonial Studies," by  Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and
Helen Tiffin.

It's designed as a reference book and the dozen or so entries

I read are very well written.


c.j.s. wallia 


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</fontfamily>C. J. S. Wallia,  Ph.D.

Publisher, IndiaStar: A Literary-Art Magazine

http://www.indiastar.com

Phone and Fax: (510) 848-8200 

P.O. Box 5582, Berkeley, CA 94705, U.S.A.

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</fontfamily>>You wrote:

>

>>I have written a document entitled "'Postcolonial Literature':
Problems

>>with the Term" which is now on the Web at

>><<http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/postcolonial.html>. It is
aimed at

>>my students studying the subject and is an attempt at articulating my
own

>>problems with the term and the concept. It is not meant to be a

>>comprehensive overview or even a scholarly paper: just a pedagogical

>>device, aimed especially at undergraduates and graduate students
without

>>much background in the field.

>>

>>I am looking for comments and suggestions.

>>

>>It also contains at the bottom a list of links for Web sources on

>>Colonialism's "greatest hits." I am looking for pages on Rhodes in
Africa,

>>slavery on the sugar plantations of Jamaica and Cuba and a better
account

>>of the Belgians in the Congo. What I want are clear, factual,
detailed

>>expositions of events readable by intelligent undergraduates but
based on

>>scholarship--preferably with bibliographies attached. Suggestions
for

>>additions would be most welcome. The idea is to give a few quick,
vivid

>>examples for students whose knowledge of the subject is extremely
vague.

>>

>>Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University

>>Pullman, WA 99164-5020

>>brians-AT-wsu.edu

>>http://www.wsu.edu/~brians

>

>

>

>Dear Paul, 

>

>	Would you kindly send me a printed copy of your document?  My

>students & I are interested in this area-study; your thoughts will
provide

>some fresh insights.  Very many thanks in advance. 

>

>							Muhammad Deeb

>

>-----------

>Dr. M. Deeb

>Dept of Comparative Literature,

>University of Alberta,

>Edmonton, Alberta,

>Canada T6G 2E6

>

>

>

>

>

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</fontfamily>C. J. S. Wallia,  Ph.D.

Publisher, IndiaStar: A Literary-Art Magazine

http://www.indiastar.com

Phone and Fax: (510) 848-8200 

P.O. Box 5582, Berkeley, CA 94705, U.S.A.

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