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Postcolonial theory

Leela Gandhi

1998200 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998Columbia University Press · 200 pages · ENGISBN 9780231112727
  • 1998Edinburgh University Press · 200 pages · ENGISBN 9780748611041

Postcolonial Theory is a critical introduction to the burgeoning field of postcolonial studies. Leela Gandhi is the first to clearly map out this field in terms of its wider philosophical and intellectual context, drawing important connections between postcolonial theory and poststructuralism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism. She assesses the contribution of major theorists such as Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Bhabha, and also points to postcolonialism's relationship to earlier thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Mahatma Gandhi.

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