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020 _a9781138851559
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100 _a Benwell, Bethan
245 _aPostcolonial audiences : readers, viewers and reception
260 _a New York
_bRoutledge
_c 2012.
300 _a xvi, 264 pages
_b 24 cm.
490 _a Routledge research in postcolonial literatures, 37.
520 _aWithout readers and audiences, viewers and consumers, the postcolonial would be literally unthinkable. And yet, postcolonial critics have historically neglected the modes of reception and consumption that make up the politics, and pleasures of meaning-making during and after empire. Thus, while recent criticism and theory has made large claims for reading; as an ethical act; as a means of establishing collective
650 _a Commonwealth literature (English) -- History and criticism. English literature -- Developing countries -- History and criticism. Postcolonialism -- English-speaking countries.
942 _cBK