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serigraph; 59.1 x 136.5 cm) courtesy of the artist  \n[www.susanpoint.com](www.susanpoint.com)  \n[Cover design:](Cover design:)[ ](Cover design:)Inge Baeten  \nThe paper on which this book is printed meets the requirements of “ISO  \n9706:1994, Information and documentation-Paper for documents-Requirements for permanence”.  \nISBN: 978-90-420-3453-2  \nE-Book ISBN: 978-94-012-0739-3  \n© Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam – New York, NY 2012  \nPrinted in The Netherlands  \nTo the memory of Meenakshi Mukherjee (*Kolkata 1937–†Hyderabad 2009)  \nTable of Contents  \nPreface and Acknowledgements  \nRANJIN I M END IS xi  \nIntroduction: A Convivial Critical Democracy – Post-Colonial Studies in the Twenty-First Century BILL ASHCROFT xv  \nTHE IDEA OF (POSTCOLONIAL ) LITERATURE : CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES  \nThe Commonwealth Legacy: Towards  \na Decentred Reading of World Literature FRANK SCHULZE–ENGLER  \nGlobal Literary Refractions: Reading Pascale Casanova’s The World Republic of Letters in the Post-Cold War Era DEBJANI GANGUL Y  \nNot (Yet) Speaking to Each Other: The Politics of Speech in Jamaica Kincaid’s Postcolonialism LINCOLN Z . 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Constructions of a Māori Tradition of Warfare  \nMICHAELA MOUR A–KOÇO 􀀋 LU 369  \nA Native Clearing Revisited: Positioning Philippine Literature  \nCHEL","cbCaitmcoxIYxRb4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitmcoxIYxRb4","pdf",4359387,677,"English","# Preface and Acknowledgements\n## Introduction: A Convivial Critical Democracy – Post-Colonial Studies in the Twenty-First Century\n# THE IDEA OF (POSTCOLONIAL ) LITERATURE : CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES\n## The Commonwealth Legacy: Towards a Decentred Reading of World Literature\n## Global Literary Refractions: Reading Pascale Casanova’s The World Republic of Letters in the Post-Cold War Era\n## Not (Yet) Speaking to Each Other: The Politics of Speech in Jamaica Kincaid’s Postcolonialism\n## Frailty and Feeling: Literature for Our Times\n## Spaces of Desire: A Pleasant Séjour in Robert Kroetsch’s The Hornbooks of Rita","[{\"question\":\"What is the overall focus of the book Literature for Our Times?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on postcolonial studies in the twenty-first century, framing postcolonial literature through conceptual, methodological, and critical perspectives.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major topics are covered besides the core idea of postcolonial literature?\",\"answer\":\"It also addresses imperial scholarship, race and ethnicity, translation and cultural encounters, diasporic and transcultural literatures, gendered bodies, indigenous literatures, dalit literature, the city, and terrorism, trauma, and ethics of reading.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book structured in terms of reading and interpretation?\",\"answer\":\"The table of contents shows thematic sections that guide multiple interpretive angles—conceptual frameworks, translation studies, comparative literary readings, and ethical approaches to post-conflict and literary testimony.\"}]","Literature for Our Times - Postcolonial Studies in the Twenty-First Century - Introduction by Bill Ashcroft | PDF",1789779438,1043]