Ania Loomba ist eine herausragende indische Literaturwissenschaftlerin, deren Werk sich tiefgreifend mit den Themen Kolonialismus und Postkolonialismus auseinandersetzt. Ihre Forschung verbindet die Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit mit historischen Studien zu Rasse und Kolonialismus und konzentriert sich auf kritische Analysen von Shakespeare und dem elisabethanischen Theater. Loomba untersucht die anhaltenden Auswirkungen früher europäischer Begegnungen mit Indien und anderen Regionen, um die Ursprünge und die Entwicklung des Rassismus zu beleuchten. Ihr Ansatz vereint feministische Theorie mit zeitgenössischer indischer Literatur und Kultur und bietet den Lesern eine vielschichtige Perspektive auf literarische und historische Phänomene.
Examining the depiction of cultural, religious, and ethnic difference in Shakespeare's plays, this book considers how seventeenth-century ideas differed from the later ideologies of 'race' that emerged during colonialism, as well as from older ideas about barbarism, blackness, and religious difference.
During the past forty years, South Asia has been the location and the focus of dynamic, important feminist scholarship and activism. In this collection of essays, prominent feminist scholars and activists build on that work to confront pressing new challenges for feminist theorizing and practice. Examining recent feminist interventions in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, they address feminist responses to religious fundamentalism and secularism; globalization, labor, and migration; militarization and state repression; public representations of sexuality; and the politics of sex work. Their essays attest to the diversity and specificity of South Asian locations and feminist concerns, while also demonstrating how feminist engagements in the region can enrich and advance feminist theorizing globally. Contributors . Flavia Agnes, Anjali Arondekar, Firdous Azim, Anannya Bhattacharjee, Laura Brueck, Angana P. Chatterji, Malathi de Alwis, Toorjo Ghose, Amina Jamal, Ratna Kapur, Lamia Karim, Ania Loomba, Ritty A. Lukose, Vasuki Nesiah, Sonali Perera, Atreyee Sen, Mrinalini Sinha, Ashwini Sukthankar
Colonialism/Postcolonialism is the essential introduction to this area of literary and cultural study. It is the ideal guide for students of postcolonial studies and theory.