Comparative study of contemporary nativist literary and cultural movements in China and Taiwan.

Pinpoints the limits of many current globalization theories in challenging racial oppression, and argues instead for local and situated strategies for resisting racism and imperialism.

Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.

Critical reevaluation of the concept of hybridity within postcolonial studies.

Explores the revolutionary potential of Bruce Lee and hip hop culture in the context of antiglobalization struggles and transnational capitalism.

Explores the role of media in the construction of cultural identities.

Explores the relation of post-colonization authors to literary traditions.

A cross-cultural analysis of the work of Coetzee, Harris and Morrison, demonstrating that the fundamental task of postcolonial narrative is the work of mourning.

Explores postcolonial discourse from the standpoint of feminism and writers in minority languages.

A postmodernist metacritical look at theories of African literature.

Confronts the cultural challenges of globalization.

Uses postcolonial theory to critique the globalization of gay culture.

Deconstructs the field of postcolonial studies.

Examines travel narratives as a genre.

Explores diverse cultural identities, both theoretically and through concrete, specific interpretations of selected major texts from former British colonies.