Bakhtin and cultural theory
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0719049903
ISBN-13
9780719049903
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 28th, 2001
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
370 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 13.90 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary theoryLiterary studies: generalCultural studiesCultural studies
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Contributors with a wide range of interests assess Mikhail Bakhtin's contribution to issues of colonialism, feminism, reception theory and theories of the body. This second edition takes advatage of new material on Bakhtin available after perestroika.
An important collection of essays which treats Bakhtin as a provocative theorist whose work must be tested, explored and compared with the work of others. Contributors assess Bakhtin''s contribution to difficult issues of colonialism, feminism, reception theory and theories of the body, amongst others. New articles explore the origins, previously unacknowledged, of Bakhtin''s theory of language and provide a vivid account of the dramatic scandal surrounding Bakhtin''s thesis on Rabelais. Contains dramatic new material, drawn from post-perestroika sources, which demythologizes the image of this important writer. A new bibliographical essay and introduction bring the English-language reader up-to-date with the progress of Bakhtin studies in Russia.
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