The Bible and the Third World : precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial encounters / R.S. Sugirthara...
The Bible and the Third World : precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial encounters / R.S. Sugirthara...
The Bible and the Third World : precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial encounters / R.S. Sugirtharajah.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N220.09172/1
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English
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x, 306 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- Pt. I. Precolonial Reception -- 1. Before the empire: the Bible as a marginal and a minority text -- Pt. II. Colonial Embrace -- 2. White men bearing gifts: diffusion of the Bible and scriptural imperialism -- 3. Reading back: resistance as a discursive practice -- 4. The colonial...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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"Drawing on substantial exegetical examples, Sugirtharajah examines reading practices ranging from the vernacular to liberation and the newly emerging postcolonial criticism. His study emphasizes the often overlooked biblical reflections of people such as Equiano and Ramabai as well as better-known contemporaries like Gutierrez and Tamez. Partly hi...
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The Bible and the Third World : precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial encounters / R.S. Sugirtharajah.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and indexes.
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N220.09172/1
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74VvQePwJba3
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0521005248
9780521773355 (hbk.)
0521773350 (hbk.)
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0521005248 (pbk.)
9780521005241
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220.091724
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991014673699702626
