13 * Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory

For some time now, the term ‘postcolonial studies’ has covered scholarly inquiry into both colonial discourse and postcolonial theory, so in what follows, these two areas of critical theory will be considered together. The chapter is divided into two sections: 1. Books; 2. Journals. Section 1 is by Robert McLaughlan and examines books, section 2 is by Neelam Srivastava and deals with journal articles in the field of postcolonial studies, published in 2012.