Postcolonialism

Locating the genealogies of postcolonialism in 20th-century anti-colonial thinking, the entry delineates an array of intellectual practices that have coalesced around the sign of this concept-term. Along with outlining some of the key theoretical frameworks that have engendered postcolonial thought, the essay also pays attention to creative texts such as contemporary performance art to chart a tentative history and historiography of postcolonial theory and praxis.