Local histories/global designs [ coloniality, subaltern knowledges, and border thinking
Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press ,
2012
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| Series: | Princeton studies in culture/power/history
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| Online Access: | http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001636/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html |
| Summary: | Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-365) and index |
| ISBN: | 0691156093 9780691156095 9781400845064 |