In many ways, Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) represents a pivotal focus for the debates
that have emerged in this exponentially expanding 'postcolonial'literature. There are clearly …

'Postcolonialism'has come to name a certain kind of interdisciplinary political, theoretical and
historical academic work that sets out to serve as a transnational forum for studies grounded …

There must surely be in existence somewhere a secret handbook for aspiring postcolonial
theorists, whose second rule reads:'Begin your essay by calling into question the whole …

Writing in 1984, before the termpostcolonialism'had wide academic currency, I de® ned it as
the self-determining will of decolonised peoples to protect their cultures from western …

A general introduction to the subject (s) of “imperialism, colonialism and postcolonialism”
ought to be a fairly straightforward matter of marshaling the best, or most influential …

This book has been long in the making. It has been constantly interrupted by other projects
that have fed into it so that it has mutated over time. One thing has remained constant …

The extent to which postcolonialism has permeated social theory has led to a situation
where it is now necessary and possible to analyse the implications of postcolonial readings …

I have been asked to write on the heritage of postcolonial studies. I separated myself from
postcolonial studies in A Critique of Postcolonial Reason, published in 1999. I am still …

This essay was written for Postcolonial Studies at the Editor's request. It was initially
prompted by Rey Chow's earlier response to the same appeal. At the same time, it clearly …

Postcolonialism is a difficult and contested term not least because it is far from clear that
colonialism has been relegated to the past. Its meaning is not limited to 'after-colonialism'but …