About the series

Writing Past Colonialism is the signature book series of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, based in Melbourne, Australia. By postcolonialism we understand modes of writing and artistic production that critically engage with and contest the legacy and continuing mindset and practices of colonialism, and inform debate about the processes of globalization. This perspective manifests itself in a concern with difference from the Euro-American, the global, and the norm. The series is also committed to publishing works that seek to make a difference, both within the academy and outside it.

We aim to publish books in this series that:

• Engage with contemporary issues and problems relating to colonialism and postcolonialism;

• Attempt to convey ideas of postcolonialism to a broad constituency of readers;

• Address the relation between theories and practices of postcolonialism;

• Adopt interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives in engaging with different dimensions of postcolonial theory and practice;

• Experiment with new modes of writing and methodology that provide new ways of thinking about and making postcolonial futures.