The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness Ghosts from Elsewhere

A lucid intervention in current debates about identity and difference, this book uses the concept of Otherness to look again at both Gothic fiction and Postcolonialism.

TABISH KHAIR was born and educated mostly in India, and is a poet, novelist, critic and childrens writer. Winner of the All India Poetry Prize and short-listed for the Encore Award, he has been awarded fellowships at Oxford University, UK, Baptist University of Hong Kong and JMI (Delhi). He teaches at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Gothic, Postcolonialism and Otherness
PART I: THE GOTHIC AND OTHERNESS
Ghosts from the Colonies
The Devil and the Racial Other
Heathcliff as Terrorist
Smoke and Darkness: The Heart of Conrad
Emotions and the Gothic
PART II: POSTCOLONIALISM AND OTHERNESS
Can the Other Speak?
Negotiating Vodou: Some Caribbean Narratives of Otherness
Can the Other half be told?: Brodbers Myal
The Option of Magical Realism
Narration, Literary Language and the Post/Colonial
Conclusion: Summing Up
Notes
Index