Reading Postcolonial Theory

This book is an essential introduction to significant texts in postcolonial theory. It looks at seminal works in the ‘moments of their making’ and delineates the different threads that bind postcolonial studies. Each chapter presents a comprehensive discussion of a major text and contextualises it in the wake of contemporary themes and debates. The volume: Studies major texts by foremost scholars — Edward W. Said , Chinua Achebe , Albert Memmi , Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , Paul Carter , Homi Bh