This edited volume of texts is considered to be a kind of foundational bible of a key strand of postcolonial thought, put together by Bhabha, one of it’s most influential figureheads. Through literary analysis, each contributor examines how the classical conception of the ‘nation’ and ‘nation-state’ is challenged by the use of language and narration in fiction writing of the colonial as well as postcolonial period. See in particular Bhabha’s introduction.