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Postcolonial Studies

Postcolonial Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that analyzes the cultural, political, and economic legacies of colonialism and imperialism, with particular emphasis on the voices and experiences of formerly colonized peoples.

16.2K

Publications

947.5K

Citations

15.9K

Authors

2.6K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3.2K

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Publications

16.2K

Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference

R. Bin Wong, Dipesh Chakrabarty · The American Historical Review · 2001 · 9.4K citations

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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples

Thomas D. Hall, Linda Tuhiwai Smith · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 2000 · 7.5K citations

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Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation--An Argument

Sylvia Wynter · CR The New Centennial Review · 2003 · 5.4K citations

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Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses

Chandra Talpade Mohanty · Feminist Review · 1988 · 4.8K citations

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Imperial leather: race, gender and sexuality in the colonial contest

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 4.1K citations

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Authors

15.9K

  1. GM
    Gail M. Gerhart

    Australian National University, Australia

    24 publications · 6.4K citations

    21

    h-index

  2. JC
    Jean Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    22 publications · 5K citations

    20

    h-index

  3. JC
    John Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    20 publications · 4.3K citations

    19

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  4. WD
    Walter D. Mignolo

    Duke University, United States

    18 publications · 3.7K citations

    17

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  5. JS
    Jennifer Seymour Whitaker

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

    h-index

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Institutions

2.6K

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    42 h-index

    162 publications

    9.3K citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    40 h-index

    137 publications

    15.5K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    40 h-index

    118 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    78 publications

    5.2K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    92 publications

    5.4K citations

  6. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    37 h-index

    101 publications

    7.4K citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    86 publications

    5.7K citations

  8. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    35 h-index

    101 publications

    5.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 947 publications · 116.3K citations

    152

    h-index

  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 287 publications · 38.8K citations

    77

    h-index

  3. 61

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  4. Hispanic American Historical Review

    HAHR · 172 publications · 8.6K citations

    50

    h-index

  5. Foreign Affairs

    86 publications · 12.3K citations

    47

    h-index

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See also

Postcolonial Studies

Core Theories

Colonial Legacies

Critical Methods

Regional Contexts