"The Pre-Occupation of Postcolonial Studies" contains essays by
both leading figures and younger scholars engaged in the field of
postcolonial studies. In this state-of-the-field reader, editors
Fawzia Afzal-Khan and Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks have created a
dynamic forum for contributors from a variety of theoretical and
disciplinary vantage points to question both the limits and the
limitations of postcolonial thought.
Since it burst on the academic scene as the "hot" new disciplinary
field during the final decade of the twentieth century,
postcolonial studies has faced criticism from those who question
its "troubling" trajectories, its sometimes suspect epistemological
and pedagogical methods, and its relatively narrow focus. With
diverse essays that emerge from such disciplines as South Asian,
Latin American, Arab, and Jewish studies, this volume responds to
skeptics and adherers alike, addressing not only the broad
theoretical issues at stake within the field but also the position
of the field itself within the academy, as well as its relationship
to modern, postmodern, and Marxist discourses. Contributors offer
critiques on ahistorical and universalizing tendencies in
postcolonial work and confront the need for scholars to attend to
issues of class, ideology, and the effects of neocolonial
practices. Seeking to broaden the field's traditionally literary
spectrum of methodologies, these essayists take up large thematic
issues to examine specific sites of colonial activities with all of
their historical, political, and cultural significance. Closing the
volume is an insightful interview with Homi Bhabha, in which he
discusses postcolonial studies in the context of contemporary
cultural politics and theory.
"The Pre-Occupation of Postcolonial Studies" not only offers an
overview of the discipline but also pushes and pulls at the edges
of postcolonial studies, offering a comprehensive view of the
field's diversity of thought and envisioning clear pathways for its
future.
"Contributors." Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Ali Behdad, Homi Bhabha,
Daniel Boyarin, Neil Larsen, Saree Makdisi, Joseph Massad, Walter
Mignolo, Hamid Naficy, Ngugi Wa Thingo, Timothy B. Powell, R.
Radhakrishnan, Bruce Robbins, Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks, Ella Shohat,
Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
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