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This study presents a critique of social constructionist identity politics, which is distinguished from specific identity-based political positions, from within and with social constructionist commitments. Gupta examines the institutionalization of social constructionist identity politics in literary studies, considering the notions of canonicity.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Prelude to Definitive Elaborations
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Social Constructionist Identity Politics
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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'Gupta's book is a timely intervention which wrestles with the legacy of theory and the intellectual fallout of identity politics in the humanities. This is a wide-ranging, intelligent and politically-engaged study that refocuses our attention on exactly what it is we do, and should be doing, when we study literature and culture.' - Dr Mark Turner, King's College, University of London, UK
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
SUMAN GUPTA is Senior Lecturer in Literature and Joint Director of the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, The Open University, UK. He is also Principal Co-ordinator of the Globalization, Identity Politics and Social Conflict (GIPSC) project and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University, UK. He has published seven single-authored and five co-edited books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Constructionist Identity Politics and Literary Studies
Authors: Suman Gupta
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230801295
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-50047-1Published: 10 January 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35264-7Published: 01 January 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-80129-5Published: 10 January 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 259
Topics: Literary Theory, Political Science, Cultural History, Cultural Theory