Postcolonial contraventions : Cultural readings of race, imperialism and transnationalism
Autor
Chrisman, Laura
Institución
Resumen
This book has evolved over nine years. The year 1993 saw the publication
of my co-edited Colonial Discourse and Post-colonial Theory: A Reader,
which was the first anthology of postcolonial cultural studies to appear in
print.1 Since then the field has rapidly expanded into a major academic
industry.2 Diaspora studies, black Atlantic studies, transnational studies,
globalisation studies, comparative empire studies have emerged alongside
and within the original field. My responses to the field’s developments are
gathered here. These are a combination of literary, cultural and theoretical
discussions, united by a number of critical concerns and by a desire to
engage contemporary postcolonial thinkers in productive dialogue.