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SPIVAK
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is one of the most influential figures in
contemporary critical theory. However, her hugely important theoret-
ical work is often hard to approach for the first time. This introduction
offers a stepping stone to such crucial primary texts as
In Other Worlds
and
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
.
Spivak is perhaps best known for her overtly political use of contem-
porary cultural and critical theories to challenge the legacy of
colonialism on the way we read and think about literature and culture.
Always cutting-edge, always provocative, Spivak champions the voices
and texts of those marginalised by western culture and takes on many
of the dominant ideas of the contemporary era. This volume examines
her work through the issues of style, deconstruction, the subaltern,
‘Third World’ women and western feminism, materialism and value,
postcolonialism and the literary text.
Anyone interested in contemporary cultural theory should read
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Any reader of Spivak should in turn look
to this introduction.
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Stephen Morton
is Lecturer in English at Tampere University,
Finland and has been a research fellow at the Whitney Museum of
American Art Independent Study Program, New York City. He has
published work on critical and cultural theory, twentieth-century litera-
ture and visual culture.
ROUTLEDGE CRITICAL THINKERS
essential guides for literary studies
Series Editor: Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University
of London
Routledge Critical Thinkers
is a series of accessible introductions to key
figures in contemporary critical thought.
With a unique focus on historical and intellectual contexts, each volume
examines a key theorist’s:
• significance
• motivation
• key ideas and their sources
• impact on other thinkers
Concluding with extensively annotated guides to further reading,
Routledge Critical Thinkers
are the literature student’s passport to today’s
most exciting critical thought.
Already available:
Jean Baudrillard
by Richard J. Lane
Maurice Blanchot
by Ullrich Haase and William Large
Judith Butler
by Sara Salih
Gilles Deleuze
by Claire Colebrook
Sigmund Freud
by Pamela Thurschwell
Martin Heidegger
by Timothy Clark
Fredric Jameson
by Adam Roberts
Paul de Man
by Martin McQuillan
Edward Said
by Bill Ashcroft and Pal Ahluwalia
For further details on this series, see www.literature.routledge.com/rct
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First published 2003
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.
© 2003 Stephen Morton
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Morton, Stephen, 1972–
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak / Stephen Morton.
p. cm. – (Routledge critical thinkers)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty–Contributions in cultural studies. 2. Spivak, Gayatri
Chakravorty–Contributions in feminist theory. 3. Spivak, Gayatri
Chakravorty–Contributions in postcolonialism. 4. Spivak, Gayatri
Chakravorty–Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series.
HV479.S65 M67 2002
306–dc21
2002068186
ISBN 0-203-10851-5 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-16312-5 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0–415–22934–0 (hbk)
ISBN 0–415–22935–9 (pbk)
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO
DAVID AND PATRICIA MORTON
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