One of the still-unaccounted-for casualties of the September 11 terrorist attacks is the field of postcolonial studies. Although postcolonial theorists have managed to restore the voices of previously ...

This essay examines Québécois and Franco-Canadian sf through the lens of postcolonial theory. Drawing specifically on Vijay Mishra and Bob Hodge's concept of "oppositional postcolonialism," it argues ...

For over a hundred years, the study of International Relations (IR) has been shaped by a handful of big ideas about how the ...

Over the past two decades, postcolonial studies has acquired considerable visibility in academic circles. At the outset, it gained a foothold in literary and cultural studies, where it began as a ...

The field known collectively as “postcolonialism” – which encompasses various research approaches and discursive arenas – is currently under sustained attack. This is no accident. Many observers were ...

Toronto scholar Jessica Langer has just published a fascinating book called Postcolonialism and Science Fiction. In this excerpt from the book’s introduction, she defines what that means, and explores ...

Over the last thirty years, postcolonial critiques of European imperialpractices have transformed our understanding of colonial ideology,resistance, and cultural contact. The Enlightenment has played ...

MURDOCH, H. Adlai and Anne DONADEY [eds.], Postcolonial Theory and Francophone Literary Studies, University Press of Florida, December 2004, 304 p. ISBN: 0-8130-2776-4 This collection brings together ...

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie arrives for film premier 'Half of a Yellow Sun', an adaptation of her book, in Lagos on April 12, 2014 [Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye] On January 25, Nigerian ...