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The Failure of Success? Postcolonial Analysis and Its Spread

Postcolonial theory has 'colonised' many more disciplines now than its origins in literary and political studies. This has produced challenges of application within academe and hostility from media commentary. I canvas some benefits and shortcomings of this situation and argue for a carefully nuanced articulation of discipline focus and interdisciplinarity.