{"product_id":"postcolonial-fiction-and-colonial-time-amanda-lagji-9781474490214","title":"Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time: Waiting for Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting in colonial regimes of time, as well as in postcolonial framings of time, history and agency. Drawing from critical time and postcolonial studies alike, this book argues that the temporality of waiting is an essential concept to theorise the relationship between time and power in postcolonial fiction across the long twentieth century - one that illuminates the contradictory temporalities that underlie narratives of progress, modernization and development. The book contributes to the resurgence of interest in time within literary studies by demonstrating that waiting is also integral to postcolonial temporalities, from anticolonial nationalist movements for independence to forms of reconciliation after conflict. In addition to innovative readings of both classic and contemporary postcolonial novels, this study challenges the dominant narrative of the twentieth century as a time of acceleration and movement by arguing for the centrality of waiting to time-consciousness in the postcolonial world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Lagji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474490212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474490214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d","brand":"Amanda Lagji","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458591731967,"sku":"9781474490214","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76bb693b-a274-4e1f-80f3-acaf707cd352.jpg?v=1777405377","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postcolonial-fiction-and-colonial-time-amanda-lagji-9781474490214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}