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A Said Dictionary

A Said Dictionary

R. Radhakrishnan

ISBN: 978-1-118-25353-3 March 2012 Wiley-Blackwell 192 Pages

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This interpretive dictionary introduces the critical and theoretical world of distinguished literary and cultural critic Edward W. Said through the crucial terms and concepts central to his work.
  • Compares and contrasts Said's perspective with other key theorists, such as Derrida, Spivak, Foucault, and Jameson
  • Describes the crucial terms and concepts central to Said's work
  • Places the development of Said's work within its historical context

About the Author

R. Radhakrishnan is Chancellor’s Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.  He is the author of Diasporic Mediations (1996), Theory in an Uneven World (Blackwell, 2003), Between Identity and Location: The Cultural Politics of Theory (2007), History, the Human, and the World Between (2008), and editor of Theory as Variation (2007), Transnational South Asians: The Making of a Neo-Diaspora (with Susan Koshy, 2008), and Theory after Derrida: Essays in Critical Praxis (with Kailash Baral, 2009).  His essays have appeared in a wide range of international journals and collections. Translator of contemporary Tamil fiction into English, he is also the author of a volume of poems in Tamil.

List of terms ix

Preface xi

Dictionary 1

Bibliography 159

Index 171

“This book is an excellent introduction to the variety and complexity of Said’s work (as Radhakrishnan points out, Said was not interested in constructing some monolithic system), and will no doubt be of interest to those more familiar with his work too.”  (Reference Reviews, 1 June 2013)

“This just may be the kind of Said that all who hold him in esteem have awaited.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates and above.”  (Choice, 1 November 2012)