Ania Loomba is een vooraanstaand Indiaas literatuurwetenschapper wiens werk diep ingaat op de thema's kolonialisme en postkolonialisme. Haar onderzoek verbindt de vroege modernistische literatuur nauwgezet met historische studies over ras en kolonialisme, waarbij ze zich concentreert op kritische analyses van Shakespeare en het renaissancetheater. Loomba onderzoekt de blijvende impact van vroege Europese ontmoetingen met India en andere regio's om de oorsprong en evolutie van racisme te belichten. Haar benadering synthetiseert feministische theorie met hedendaagse Indiase literatuur en cultuur, en biedt lezers een veelzijdig perspectief op literaire en historische fenomenen.
Examining the depiction of cultural, religious, and ethnic difference in Shakespeare's plays, this book considers how seventeenth-century ideas differed from the later ideologies of 'race' that emerged during colonialism, as well as from older ideas about barbarism, blackness, and religious difference.
During the past forty years, South Asia has been the location and the focus of dynamic, important feminist scholarship and activism. In this collection of essays, prominent feminist scholars and activists build on that work to confront pressing new challenges for feminist theorizing and practice. Examining recent feminist interventions in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, they address feminist responses to religious fundamentalism and secularism; globalization, labor, and migration; militarization and state repression; public representations of sexuality; and the politics of sex work. Their essays attest to the diversity and specificity of South Asian locations and feminist concerns, while also demonstrating how feminist engagements in the region can enrich and advance feminist theorizing globally. Contributors . Flavia Agnes, Anjali Arondekar, Firdous Azim, Anannya Bhattacharjee, Laura Brueck, Angana P. Chatterji, Malathi de Alwis, Toorjo Ghose, Amina Jamal, Ratna Kapur, Lamia Karim, Ania Loomba, Ritty A. Lukose, Vasuki Nesiah, Sonali Perera, Atreyee Sen, Mrinalini Sinha, Ashwini Sukthankar
Colonialism/Postcolonialism is the essential introduction to this area of literary and cultural study. It is the ideal guide for students of postcolonial studies and theory.