Postcolonialism: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies documents the scope of postcolonialism as a multidisciplinary project re-examining the history and legacy of colonialism from the perspectives of the colonized as well as the colonizers. This anthology gathers the most influential sources in postcolonial work from different disciplinary traditions, including some work in translation. Each entry is reprinted in full so that statements may be understood in their context. By establishing a critical archive of crucial writings from a variety of disciplines and geographical locations, the text outlines the shape of this controversial field, establishing a foundation for future work. It should prove a major resource for students in the humanities and social sciences as well as for postcolonial theorists seeking a comprehensive overview. Material is organized chronologically in thematic sections, ranging from 1835 to the present. Sections are structured around some of the key dialogues that have come to define the discipline, such as the Jameson/Ahmad debate on national allegory and the discussion generated by Gayatri Spivak's question: "can the subaltern speak?"
The twelve sections cover: Framing the Field; Marxist, Liberation and Resistance Theories; Manifestos; National, Third World and Postcolonial Identities; Colonial Discourse Analysis; Orientalisms; Critical Race Theory; Feminisms and Gender Analysis; Internal Colonialisms and Subaltern Studies; Challenging Eurocentrism; Globalization, Transculturation and Neo-Colonialism; Postcolonial Theory and the Disciplines. Authors whose work is reprinted include Chinua Achebe, Aijaz Ahmad, Leila Ahmed, Samir Amin, Mario de Andrade, Arjun Appadurai, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Homi Bhabha, J.M. Blaut, Amilcar Cabral, Aime C?saire, Partha Chatterjee, Xiaomei Chen, Rey Chow, Arif Dirlik; W.E.B. DuBois, Johannes Fabian, Frantz Fanon, Andre Gunder Frank, Eduardo Galeano, Edouard Glissant, Nadine Gordimer, Stuart Hall, Bell Hooks, C.L.R. James, Jose Marti, Achille Mbembe, Albert Memmi, Masao Miyoshi, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Ashis Nandy, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Fernando Ortiz, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Walter Rodney, Edward Said, E. San Juan Jr., Nawal El Saadawi, Roberto Schwarz, Gayatri Spivak, Sara Suleri, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Immanuel Wallerstein.