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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie poses backstage at Glamour's 2017 Women of The Year Awards on November 13, 2017 in New York [File photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images] At this year’s Paris edition of Nuit des idees ...

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 ...

An advanced introduction to theories of postcolonial ethics and identity, and their relationship to selected works of literature from a range of postcolonial contexts. The fourth number of the course ...