{"product_id":"9781844672134","title":"In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the Second World War, nationalism emerged as the principle expression of resistance to Western imperialism in a variety of regions from the Indian subcontinent to Africa, to parts of Latin America and the Pacific Rim. With the Bandung Conference and the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement, many of Europe’s former colonies banded together to form a common bloc, aligned with neither the advanced capitalist “First World” nor with the socialist “Second World.” In this historical context, the category of “Third World literature” emerged, a category that has itself spawned a whole industry of scholarly and critical studies, particularly in the metropolitan West, but increasingly in the homelands of the Third World itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSetting himself against the growing tendency to homogenize “Third World” literature and cultures, Aijaz Ahmad has produced a spirited critique of the major theoretical statements on “colonial discourse” and “post-colonialism,” dismantling many of the commonplaces and conceits that dominate contemporary cultural criticism. With lengthy considerations of, among others, Fredric Jameson, Edward Said, and the Subaltern Studies group, \u003ci\u003eIn Theory\u003c\/i\u003e also contains brilliant analyses of the concept of Indian literature, of the genealogy of the term “Third World,” and of the conditions under which so-called “colonial discourse theory” emerged in metropolitan intellectual circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErudite and lucid, Ahmad’s remapping of the terrain of cultural theory is certain to provoke passionate response.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079480021232,"sku":"9781844672134","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844672134","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}