Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
Robert  J. C. Youngis Professor of English and Critical Theory at Oxford University and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Recent publications includeColonial Desire: Hybridity in Culture, Theory and Race(Routledge, 1995), andPostcolonialism: An Historical Introduction(Blackwell, 2001). He is also General Editor ofInterventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies(Routledge).