CONTENTS

I Chapter 1: Introduction 1-26

II Chapter 2: Gayatri Chakravorthy-Spivak 27-69

2.0 Introduction (27-36)
2.1 Deconstruction Theory (36-43)
2.2 Marxism (43-48)
2.3 Feminism (49-54)
2.4 Subaltern Theory (54-64)
2.5 Colonialism/postcolonialism (64-65)
2.6 Summing Up (65-69)

III Chapter 3: Homi K. Bhabha 71-107

3.0 Introduction (71-79)

3.1 Theory of Hybridity (79-84)

3.2 Culture and Hybridity (84-85)

3.3 Theory of Mimicry (86-89)

3.4 The Uncanny (89-92)

3.5 The Stereotype (92-95)

3.6 The Nation (95-98)

3.7 Theory of Otherness (98-104)

3.8 Summing Up (104-107)

IV Chapter 4: Ganesh Devy 109-158

4.0 Introduction (109-116)

4.1 Tradition and Amnesia (116-118)

 4.2 The Crisis in Literary Criticism (118-123)

4.3 Cultural Amnesia (123-126)

4.4 Historiography (126-137)

4.5 The Tripartite Relation (137-144)

4.6 Nativism (144-151)

4.7 Other Tongue (151-154)

4.8 Summing Up (154-158)

V Chapter 5: Ania Loomba 159-191

5.0 Introduction (159-166)

5.1 Colonialism/postcolonialism (166-171)

5.2 Feminism (171-178)

5.3 On Ideology (178-180)

5.4 Colonial/Postcolonial Identities (181-183)

5.5 Hybridity (184-186)

5.6 Nationalism/Pan-Nationalism (187-188)

5.7 Summing Up (189-191)

VI Chapter 6: Gauri Viswanathan 193-230

6.0 Introduction (193-197)

6.1 On British Education (197-206)

6.2 On English Discipline (206-214)

6.3 On Missionaries and Conversion (215-221)

6.4 On Literature and Morality (222-224)

6.5 On Hinduism (224-225)

6.6 On History (225-226)

 6.7 On Culture (226-227)

6.8 On Orientalism (227-228)

6.9 Summing Up (228-230)

VII Chapter 7: Conclusions 231-249

7.0 Individual Performance (232-235)

7.1 Similarities and Differences (235-245)

7.2 Sources of Their Theories (245-247)

7.3 The Global Significance (248-249)

References and Bibliography 251-259