Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 02:56:35 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Post-postcolonial theory


 In responding to the demand for alternatives to institutionalized forms 
of postcolonial theory, I completely support the search for new forums 
and forms.

I have been thinking about these issues for a while, and was able to 
tentatively formulate some factors involved in this quest. Just to throw 
some ideas out there, perhaps what needs to be attended to is:

--Epistemology : what kinds of terms and categories are being employed in 
postcolonial discourse.. Are they being re-invested with new valences, or 
just re-applied uncritically.

--Audience: Just exactly _who_ is reading all the stuff classified as 
"postcolonial theory?" Is there a need to extend the audience, or seek 
new ones?

--Archive: What kinds of sources are used for most postcolonial 
theorization. Reading the French post-structuralists seems mandatory, and 
quite a waste of time.

Any thoughts on this issue?

Best,
Maya Dodd.


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