The island, because of its supposed isolation, and its apparent
small scale, has historically been a privileged site of colonial
aggression and acquisitiveness. Yet the island has also been
imagined as a uniquely sovereign space, and thus one in which the
colonial enterprise can be seen as especially egregious.
'Islandedness' takes on a particular charge in the early
twenty-first century, in the supposedly postcolonial period. While
contemporary media offer a simulacrum of proximity to others, the
reality is that we are ever more distant, inhabiting islands both
real and conceptual. Meanwhile migrants from today's 'postcolonial'
islands are routinely denied access to the perceived 'mainland'.
And, in islands freed from overt colonialism, but often beset by
neocolonial forces of domination and control, identities are
constructed so as to differentiate insider from outsider - even
when the outsider comes from within. This is the first volume
devoted explicitly to the postcolonial island, conceived in a broad
geographical, historical, and metaphorical sense. Branching across
disciplinary parameters (literary studies, anthropology, history,
cultural studies), and analyzing a range of cultural forms
(literature, dance, print journalism, and television), the volume
attempts to focus critically on three areas: the current realities
of formerly colonized island nations; the phenomenon of 'foreign'
communities living within a dominant host community; and the
existence of (local) practices and theoretical perspectives that
complement, but are often critical of, prevailing theories of the
postcolonial. The islands treated in the volume include Ireland,
Montserrat, Martinique, Mauritius, and East Timor, and the
collection includes more broadly conceived historical and
theoretical essays. The volume should be required reading for
scholars working in postcolonial studies, in island studies, and
for those working in and across a range of disciplines (literature,
cultural studies, anthropology). Contributors: Ralph Crane, Matthew
Boyd Goldie, Lyn Innes, Maeve McCusker, Paulo de Medeiros, Burkhard
Schnepel, Cornelia Schnepel, Jonathan Skinner, Anthony Soares, Ritu
Tyagi, Mark Wehrly
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