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Article: Postcolonial Theory and the United States: Race, Ethnicity and Literature.(Book Review)
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Amritjit Singh and Peter Schmidt, eds. Postcolonial Theory and the United States: Race, Ethnicity and Literature. Jackson: U of Mississippi P, 2000. Pp. xx, 471. $50.00; $26.00 pb.
The editors of Postcolonial Theory and the United States contend that post-colonial theory has had a significant and will eventually have an even more significant and productive role in U.S. ethnic studies. On the face of it, it is a reasonable contention. It would seem almost natural for scholars working on the literatures produced by African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino/a and Chicano/a Americans to find at least a source of inspiration if not actual ...