Postcolonial Studies and Beyond

“The editors of this wide-ranging collection invite the reader to speculate on other sorts of ‘beyond’ into what lies further away, beside, over, and above the comforts of narrow disciplinization and canonization. In so doing they remind us that the promise of postcolonial studies has always resided in our recognition of it as a point not of comfortable arrival but of restless departure into what is beyond the range of our current sight.” - Deepika Bahri, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East

“The links between postcolonial studies and multiculturalism (and also diaspora) are raised in a number of essays, all of a consistently high standard, collected in the Ania Loomba et al edited Postcolonial Studies and Beyond.” - Vijay Mishra, Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Studies

“There are stimulating, accessible pieces in this volume. . . . The writers are also learned and smart, they make useful critiques of the largely conservative and neo-conservative regimes of knowledge that enabled colonialism and imperialism past and present, and they look sincerely for the future of their field.” - Bruce Avery, Shakespeare Studies

“This is an unqualifiedly enthusiastic review of a book that could not be more welcome. The essays that comprise Postcolonial Studies and Beyond are balanced—that is, among disciplinary approaches, thoughtful—that is, responsive to alternate ideas, and thankfully, lucidly written.” - Nancy R. Cirillo, symploke

"[An] intelligent collection that boldly puts its very foundations on trial, and is a must for anyone with a stake in the production and perception of postcolonial studies. . . . [T]he last section is a fitting finale for a project designed to raise questions." - Robyn Schwartz, Altar Magazine

"This is a substantial and thoughtful collection of essays, suggesting many provocative and productive strands still to be mined within the postcolonial and hinting at a few strands that might lie beyond." - Denise deCaires-Narain, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

"This is a timely and immensely thought-provoking collection which will hopefully point the discipline in new directions and towards a renewed political purposefulness." - Russell West-Pavlov, Wasafiri

“Postcolonial Studies and Beyond will have a place in reviewing and defining the development of postcolonial studies similar to that which Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture had for cultural studies.” - David Lloyd, coeditor of The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital

“What truly distinguishes this volume is its attempt to find for postcolonial studies a real critical vocation at a time when the issue of Empire is once again a global subject of debate. Rich in scholarship and in the diversity of views represented here, this book will help renew the questions it addresses.” - Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference