WRPR 165: Contemporary Narratives of American Violence (HC) Spring 2015: Background & News Sources

Covers major events, ideas, movements, and figures in postcolonial histories. The entries range across the entire period from European overseas exploration, settlement and colonisation to decolonisation, and highlight the relevance of colonial histories to the cultural, social, political and literary formations of contemporary postcolonial societies and nations. Each entry provides a succinct account of an event or topic, as well as suggestions for further reading in literary works and histories.

"Provides crucial and contemporary information about antagonism and reconciliation within both the public and private realms."

Provides an overview of the main themes, issues, and critical perspectives that have had the greatest effect on postcolonial literatures.

57 introductory essays with bibliographies covering hundreds of works of fiction, nonfiction, film, poetry, and theory, arranged into five sections: "Wars and Their Literatures," "Bodies, Behavior, Cultures," "Technology," "Spaces," and "Genres."

"Contains 595 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the history of violence in America, covering people, events, activities, organizations, and many other aspects of the topic"

Contains nearly all articles that have appeared in the Washington Post since 1877.