Subject: Re: alternative theory
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:38:10 -0500


Amitava Kumar's Passport Photos (U of California P, 2000) meets most of your
criteria--clearly informed by and contributing to "theory" but also
incorporating photos, poetry, first-person narrative, and a good deal more.
I'll be interested to hear others' suggestions.  Has postcolonial theory taken
some of the same turns toward the introspective/autobiographical (some would
say "navel gazing") as theory more broadly?  Has poco theory been there all
along? (one thinks of Said's use of his and his family's history, of Appiah's,
of Spivak's...)
Ed

"Melanee D. Grondahl" wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone could reccommend some good "alternative" theory
> in the field of post-colonial studies. I am interested in theory that
> incorporates unconventional elements within the text such as photographs,
> fiction, poetry, music etc. I'm aware of Trihn T. Minh-ha's work and would
> like to find other work with a similiar edge that challenges the
> traditional theoretical voice. I would also be interested in any theory
> that incorporates the first person voice within the text.
> Thanks in advance.
> Truly,
> Melanee Grondahl
>
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