{"product_id":"other-asias-paperback","title":"Other Asias - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGayatri Chakravorty Spivak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eMajor work from one of the world's most distinguished literary and cultural theorists\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatured essays include \"Foucault and Najibullah,\" \"Moving Devi,\" \"Responsibility,\" and \"Megacity\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOther chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent \"present\" of the Caucasus\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssential reading for anyone interested in postcolonialism, and devotees of Spivak's writing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this major intervention into the \"Asian Century,\" Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the chapters in this volume are: \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\"Foucault and Najibullah,\" in which she looks at Afghanistan in its own historical and gendered narrative\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Moving Devi,\" in which she addresses the authority of autobiography and writes as a diasporic\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Responsibility,\" in which she examines the limits of \"theory\" upon the floodplains of Bangladesh\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Megacity,\" where she reads cyberliteracy in Bangalore.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent \"present\" of the Caucasus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayatri Chakravorty Spivak's\u003c\/b\u003e reputation was first established with her translation of and preface to Jacques Derrida's De la grammatologie in 1976. Subsequently, she helped to establish the field of postcolonial studies and became a leading postcolonial theorist. Her key publications include \u003ci\u003eIn Other Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eThe Post-Colonial Critic\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eOutside in the Teaching Machine\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), and \u003ci\u003eA Critique of Postcolonial Reason\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.07 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718312136767,"sku":"9781405102070","price":88.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e8c5b7062a4b6695377074d336801787.webp?v=1765081473","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/other-asias-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}