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Communicating in the Third Space : Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies - Karin Ikas

Communicating in the Third Space

By: Karin Ikas (Editor), Gerhard Wagner (Editor)

Paperback | 17 December 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Communicating in the Third Space aims to clarify Homi K. Bhabha's theory of the third space of enunciation by reconstructing its philosophical, sociological, geographical, and political meaning with attention to the special advantages and ambiguities that arise as it is applied in practical--as well as theoretical--contexts. The idea of "third space" conceives the encounter of two distinct and unequal social groups as taking place in a special third space of enunciation where culture is disseminated and displaced from the interacting groups, making way for the invention of a hybrid identity, whereby these two groups conceive themselves to partake in a common identity relating to shared space and common dialogue. The essays collected in Communicating in the Third Space--including a preface by Bhabha himself--brilliantly introduce readers to this exciting topic in Cultural and Post-Colonial theory and offers insightful elaboration and critique of the meaning and relevance of life in the "third space." With a preface by Homi K. Bhabha.

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"Communicating in the Third Space offers a rare and much needed critical debate on the value of Bhabha's third space for theorising intercultural interaction in the social sciences and the humanities."--Dana C. Mount, Postcolonial Text

"This competently edited volume is a significant and relevant study in the field of postcolonial discourse and inter- or transnational cultural studies in its great scope and rich heterogeneity. In its diverse range of analysis this volume of essays communicates well enough to students, scholars, researchers and critics interested in exploring new and alternative interpretations of different third spaces in transition." -- Sanghamitra Dalal


'Communicating in the Third Space offers a rare and much needed critical debate on the value of Bhabha's third space for theorising intercultural interaction in the social sciences and the humanities.' - Dana C. Mount in Postcolonial Text

'T'his competently edited volume is a significant and relevant study in the field of postcolonial discourse and inter- or transnational cultural studies in its great scope and rich heterogeneity. In its diverse range of analysis this volume of essays communicates well enough to students, scholars, researchers and critics interested in exploring new and alternative interpretations of different third spaces in transition.' - Sanghamitra Dalal

'With a focus on contemporary black and Asian British ficiton, Cuevas, in a most convincing, as well as theoretically and textually well-founded manner, maps the georgrapy and the representations of the city of London and portrays its characters and the myriad ways they negotiate (gendered) selves and (cultural and national) identities in the real and imagined spaces they inhabit.' - Cecile Sandten in ZAA, A Quartelery of Language, Literature and Culture

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