Postcolonial theory
Subtitle: a critical introduction
By: Leela Gandhi.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Postcolonialism.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-188) and index.