{"product_id":"postcolonial-theory-and-autobiography-david-huddart-9780415353427","title":"Postcolonial Theory and Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eCultural theory has often been criticized for covert Eurocentric and universalist tendencies. Its concepts and ideas are implicitly applicable to everyone, ironing over any individuality or cultural difference. Postcolonial theory has challenged these limitations of cultural theory, and \u003cem\u003ePostcolonial Theory and Autobiography\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the central challenge posed by its autobiographical turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the fact that autobiography is frequently dismissed for its Western, masculine bias, David Huddart argues for its continued relevance as a central explanatory category in understanding postcolonial theory and its relation to subjectivity. Focusing on the influence of post-structuralist theory on postcolonial theory and vice versa, this study suggests that autobiography constitutes a general philosophical resistance to universal concepts and theories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a fresh perspective on familiar critical figures like Edward W. Said and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, by putting them in the context of readings of the work of Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Alain Badiou, this book relates the theory of autobiography to expressions of new universalisms that, together with postcolonial theory, rethink and extend norms of experience, investigation, and knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Huddart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415353424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415353427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 33","brand":"David Huddart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136076722431,"sku":"9780415353427","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d46c092-b57e-49a9-a3bd-403e6b12b401.jpg?v=1770160354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postcolonial-theory-and-autobiography-david-huddart-9780415353427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}