Post-Colonial Studies

Two works that I would recommend in tandem are The Post-Colonial Studies Reader (2nd ed. 2005) edited by Bill Ashcroft, published by Routledge Press and Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory edited by Williams and Chrisman, published by Longman.
The first volume had an impressive collection of primary source postcolonial readings running the gambit from former British colonies in the Carribbean and Africa, as well as more Asian postcolonial theorists from the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. The second work has longer, but complete texts, including the famous or infamous essay, "Can the Subaltern Speak" by Gayatri Spivak. Both have excellent introductions and together provide a rather comprehensive introduction into Postcolonial Studies. I subjected some of my students to some of the Colonial Discourse volume and about 1/3 of the class dropped after that first week.
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