TY - BOOK AU - Ashcroft,Bill TI - The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures SN - 9780415280204 U1 - 808.83 PY - 2002/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Commonwealth literature (English) KW - History and criticism KW - English literature KW - Postcolonialism KW - English-speaking countries KW - Commonwealth countries KW - Postcolonialism in literature KW - Colonies in literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-269) and index; Introduction -- 1. Cutting the ground : critical models of post-colonial literatures -- 2. Re-placing language : textual strategies in post-colonial writing -- 3. Re-placing the text : the liberation of post-colonial writing -- 4. Theory at the crossroads : indigenous theory and post-colonial reading -- 5. Re-placing theory : post-colonial writing and literacy theory -- 6. Re-thinking the post-colonial : post-colonialism in the twenty first century ER -