The Concept of the Foreign : An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Hardback
Edited by Rebecca Saunders
Hardback
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The Concept of the Foreign investigates the diverse and consequential uses of the concept of the foreign-a formidable and hitherto untheorized force in everyday discourse and practice.
This highly original work-whose experimental nature moves beyond traditional academic bounds-undertakes to theorize the meanings, deployments, and consequences of "foreignness", a term largely overlooked by academic debates.
Innovative in format, the book comprises an introductory theoretical dialogue and seven essays, each authored by a scholar from a different discipline-anthropology, literary theory, psychology, philosophy, social work, history, and women's studies-who investigate how his/her disciplines engage and define the concept of the foreign.
Drawing out literal and metaphorical meanings of "foreignness" this wide-ranging volume offers much to scholars of postcolonial, gender, and cultural studies seeking new approaches to the study of alterity.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:27/11/2002
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- ISBN:9780739104088
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:27/11/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780739104088