In Postcolonialism: An Introduction Chirantan Sarkar goes beyond mere definitional category and discusses, through a brief survey of the ideologies and histories of colonialism, the relationship of colonial discourse to literature. The book keeps the readers abreast of the recent developments in postcolonial theories and explores how feminism and postcolonial thought intersect. The author places the profoundly disturbing issue of women’s expowerment in the context of the ongoing debates about postcolonialism.