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Overview"Postcolonial Lack reconvenes dialogue between Lacanian psychoanalysis and postcolonial theory in order to expand the range of cultural analyses of the former and make the latter theoretically relevant to the demands of contemporary narratives of othering, exclusion, and cultural appropriation. Seeking to resolve the mutual suspicion between the disciplines, Gautam Basu Thakur draws out the connections existing between Lacan's teachings on subjectivity and otherness and writings of postcolonial and decolonial theorists such as Gayatri Spivak, Frantz Fanon, and Homi Bhabha. By developing new readings of the marginalized other as radical impasse and pushing the envelope on neoliberal identity politics, the book moves postcolonial studies away from the perennial topic of identity and difference and into examining the form and function of the other as excess—surplus and/or lack—in colonial and postcolonial literature, film, and social discourse. Looking at writings by Mahasweta Devi, Amitav Ghosh, Leila Aboulela, Narayan Gangopadhyay, Katherine Boo, and films by Gillo Pontecorvo , Clint Eastwood, Ryan Coogler (Black Panther), and Tony Gatlif, Basu Thakur highlights a new set of ethical and political considerations emerging as a direct result of this shift and stakes a fundamental rethinking of postcoloniality through what he calls the ""politics of ontological discordance.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gautam Basu ThakurPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438477701ISBN 10: 1438477708 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 02 January 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction postscript 1. The Subaltern Act of Freedom 2. Postcolonial. Animal. Limit. 3. Hysterization of Postcolonial Studies; or, Beyond Cross-Cultural Communication 4. Fictions of Katherine Boo's Creative Non-Fiction, or, The Unbearable Alterity of the Other 5. Political Correctness Is Phallic: Idaho Politics, Black Panther, and Gran Torino Conclusion: Particular Universal Notes Works Cited IndexReviews...accessible and enlightening. - CHOICE This book not only covers well the theoretical range of postcolonial and psychoanalytic arguments and debates, but successfully integrates theory and contemporary literature/popular culture-no small feat! This is a highly compelling and original book. - Ilan Kapoor, author of Celebrity Humanitarianism: The Ideology of Global Charity """…accessible and enlightening."" — CHOICE ""This book not only covers well the theoretical range of postcolonial and psychoanalytic arguments and debates, but successfully integrates theory and contemporary literature/popular culture—no small feat! This is a highly compelling and original book."" — Ilan Kapoor, author of Celebrity Humanitarianism: The Ideology of Global Charity" Author InformationGautam Basu Thakur is Associate Professor of English at Boise State University. He is the author of Postcolonial Theory and Avatar and coeditor (with Jonathan Michael Dickstein) of Lacan and the Nonhuman. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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