This book has long been considered an essential primer in postcolonial theory and the debates surrounding the field and it covers a great amount of territory in 250 pages: ideologies of colonialism, colonial discourse in literature, anti-colonial discourse and challenges to colonialism, feminism and sexuality relating to colonialism, impact of globalization, etc. See in particular Section 1 Situating Colonial and Postcolonial Studies and Section 3 Challenging Colonialism.