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Postcolonial Theory and Psychoanalysis: From Uneasy Engagements to Effective Critique 1st ed. 2008 Edition
Author(s): Mrinalini Greedharry (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: January 1, 2008
- Edition: 1st ed. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 191 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349356530
- ISBN-13: 9781349356539
Book Description
Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproducing the colonial discourse that also structures psychoanalytic thought.
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About the Author
MRINALINI GREEDHARRY was a SSHRCC Doctoral Fellow and British Council ORS Scholar at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, where she obtained her PhD in 2005. Currently working as an independent scholar, she researches literature as a form of ethico-political critique and lectures regularly on the culture of colonialism.
