Published In
Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literature in English, and Cultural Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Subjects
Postcolonialism in literature, Manuscript studies, Australian literature, Postcolonialism
Abstract
Scholars of Australian literature have engaged more frequently and enthusiastically with book history approaches than nearly any other postcolonial nation’s literary scholars. Several Australian scholars have suggested that book history has taken over where postcolonial studies let of. In their choice of subject matter, however, Australian book historians reinforce the very constructions of literary value they purport to dismantle, similar to how scholars of postcolonial studies have been critiqued for reinforcing the construction of colonial identities. hus, this article looks to the intellectual history of postcolonial studies for examples of how it has responded to similar critiques. What is revealed is a surprising, and heretofore untold, relationship between book history and postcolonial studies, which focuses on their transnational potential versus their ability to remain irmly grounded in the national.
DOI
10.5007/2175-8026.2016v69n2p117
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17449
Citation Details
Henningsgaard, P. (2016). Emerging from the rubble of postcolonial studies: Book history and Australian literary studies. Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literature in English, and Cultural Studies 69.2
Description
Copyright 2016 The Author(s). This article was published as open access.