Description
- Compares and contrasts Said's perspective with other key theorists, such as Derrida, Spivak, Foucault, and Jameson
- Describes the crucial terms and concepts central to Said's work
- Places the development of Said's work within its historical context
About the Author
R. Radhakrishnan is Chancellor's Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Diasporic Mediations (1996), Theory in an Uneven World (Blackwell, 2003), Between Identity and Location: The Cultural Politics of Theory (2007), History, the Human, and the World Between (2008), and editor of Theory as Variation (2007), Transnational South Asians: The Making of a Neo-Diaspora (with Susan Koshy, 2008), and Theory after Derrida: Essays in Critical Praxis (with Kailash Baral, 2009). His essays have appeared in a wide range of international journals and collections. Translator of contemporary Tamil fiction into English, he is also the author of a volume of poems in Tamil.
Reviews
"This book is an excellent introduction to the variety and complexity of Said's work (as Radhakrishnan points out, Said was not interested in constructing some monolithic system), and will no doubt be of interest to those more familiar with his work too." (Reference Reviews, 1 June 2013)
"This just may be the kind of Said that all who hold him in esteem have awaited. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 November 2012)
Book Information
ISBN 9781405183789
Author R. Radhakrishnan
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 404g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 13mm
