Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

Level 4· openalex· T11717· 1,138 works indexed upstreamcanonical tree

This cluster of papers explores the complex intersections of postcolonial literature, globalization, identity, and cultural theory. It delves into themes such as nationalism, feminism, human rights, and the impact of colonial history on contemporary literary expression. The discourse also encompasses the dynamics of cosmopolitanism and the evolving landscape of African studies.

Works in this branch

by citations
The Location of Culture
Routledge eBooks·2012·1 author·book
17,820citations
Discourse on Colonialism
Routledge eBooks·2014·1 author·chapter
3,705citations
3,082citations
On the Postcolony
University of California Press eBooks·2019·1 author·book
2,724citations
2,601citations
Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race.
The American Historical Review·1996·2 authors
2,395citations
Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader
South Atlantic Review·1995·6 authors
2,366citations
2,289citations
The Problem of Speaking for Others
Cultural Critique·1991·1 author
2,190citations
The Post-Colonial Studies Reader
World Literature Today·1996·4 authors
2,151citations
Culture and Imperialism
World Literature Today·1994·2 authors
2,094citations
Nation and Narration
Routledge eBooks·2013·book
2,077citations
Selected Subaltern Studies.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews·1989·3 authors
2,046citations
1,951citations
The Colonizer and the Colonized
Routledge eBooks·2013·1 author·book
1,842citations
1,823citations
1,802citations
Reflections on exile and other essays
Choice Reviews Online·2001·other
1,789citations
Outside in the Teaching Machine
boundary 2·1996·2 authors
1,777citations
1,639citations
1,611citations
1,601citations
Postcolonialism: an historical introduction
Choice Reviews Online·2002·other
1,550citations
The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses
Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)·1997·1 author
1,510citations
The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under Colonialism
Comparative Studies of South Asia Africa and the Middle East·1985·1 author
1,459citations
Three Women's Texts and a Critique of Imperialism
Critical Inquiry·1985·1 author·Open access
1,425citations
1,235citations
Research in African Literatures
African Studies Companion Online·2014·dataset
1,229citations