Paradoxical Citizenship: Essays on Edward Said

by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi (Editor)

Overview

Edward Said (1935-2003) has been one of the most influential literary and social critics of the 20th century. His writings extend over topics such as literature, philosophy, music and political activism. His seminal works such as Beginnings: Intention and Method (1975) and especially Orientalism (1978) provide the foundations of postcolonial theory and have been used to critique and theorize on many disciplines. This collection of articles comprises essays that represent a theoretical critique of Said's work by eminent scholars around the world. At the same time, it is an homage to the late critic showing the profound impact of his work on postcolonial and cultural studies, in addition to politics and contemporary literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739132586
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	10/15/2008
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Silvia Nagy-Zekmi is professor and chair of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at Villanova University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Knowledge, Power and Fear: Edward Said and the "Mainstreaming" of Postcolonial Literary Thought
Chapter 2 Said's Impact on Arab Intellectuals: Reverberations of Said's Thought in the Current Debates over Islam and US-Muslim/Arab Relations
3 The "Postcolonial" in Translation: Reading Said in Hebrew
4 Said's Foucault, or the Places of the Critic
5 The Wor(l)d, the Text, and the (In)fusionist
6 Edward Said's Counterpoint
7 Territorial Ambition: Edward Said's Unmasking of the Intellectuals' Complicity with State Expansion
8 Historiography as a Means for Power: "Otherization" and Imperialism Through the Writings of Edward Said
9 What Would Said Say? Reflections on Tradition, Imperialism, and Globalism
10 "Lewelinthecrown.co.uk": Orientalism's Strange Persistence in British South Asian Writing
11 Latin American Orientalism from Margin to Margins
12 The Legacy and the Future of Orientalism
13 Occidentalism: Edward Said's Legacy for the Occidentalist Imaginary and its Critique
14 Nation and Narration: The English Novel and Englishness
15 Fish(ing) for Colonial Counter-Narratives in the Language of Post-Colonial Criticism
16 Subject and Citizen: Ambivalent Identity in Postcolonial Cameroon
17 Was Edward Said Right in Depicting Albert Camus as an Imperialist Writer?
18 Edward Said, John Berger, Jean Mohr: Seeking an Other Optic
19 After the Last Sky: A Liminal Space
20 Other Places: Said's Map of the Middle East

Editorial Reviews

Clearly this is the most comprehensive analysis of Edward Said's work yet compiled, a collection that will open up the full range of Said's impact on the humanities. This book combines a range of investigation with new insights into his work.

Bill Ashcroft

Clearly this is the most comprehensive analysis of Edward Said's work yet compiled, a collection that will open up the full range of Said's impact on the humanities. This book combines a range of investigation with new insights into his work.--Bill Ashcroft, Hong Kong University

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