Rather than lamenting that postcolonial writers 'sell out' to multinational corporate publishing, parading their exotic otherness to metropolitan audiences, Sarah Brouillette assesses how they respond to their own reception and niche positioning within a global marketplace that has faced staunch political critique. Combining analysis of recent postcolonial texts with detailed accounts of authors' careers and the global trade in literature, this book is an exciting contribution to globalization studies and the emerging history of the postcolonial book.

About the Author(s)

Sarah Brouillette

Sarah Brouillette is Assistant Professor of Literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Introduction * The Industry of Postcoloniality * Postcolonial Writers and the Global Literary Marketplace * Salman Rushdie's 'Unbelonging': or, Authorship and 'the East' * Locating J.M. Coetzee * Zulfikar Ghose and Cosmopolitan Authentication * Conclusion * Index