What’s in a name? Circles of attention and critical sensibilities

Alison Donnell

doi:10.1177/30333962241228336

What’s in a name? Circles of attention and critical sensibilities

Alison Donnell

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This article reflects on the history of The Journal of Commonwealth Literature as it connects to my personal engagement with the naming and re-naming of the field of Commonwealth / postcolonial / Empire studies across my academic career and contrasting institutional orientations. It considers the ways in which we can shape our field by aligning our critical attention with particular modes of scholarly engagement and sociopolitical commitments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	106-113
Number of pages	8
Journal	JCL: Literature, Critique, and Empire Today
Volume	59
Issue number	1
Early online date	16 Jun 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/30333962241228336
Publication status	Published - 2024

Keywords

Caribbean
Commonwealth
criticism
feminism
literature
postcolonial

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