Acknowledgements Preface 1 Postcolonial Criticism or Postcolonial Theory? 2 Edward Said: Orientalism and Beyond 3 Gayatri Spivak: The Deconstructive Twist 4 Homi Bhabha: 'The Babelian Performance' 5 Postcolonial Criticism and Postcolonial Theory Conclusion Postcolonial Future: Things Fall Apart? Notes Index