AustLit

'What defines an empire? What are the attributes of the new empire? The word Empire augurs new forms of sovereignty that have toppled the “nation-state” and “imperialism,” which was engendered by the European powers during the process of colonization. The contributors to this volume attempt to pin down this tentacular, insidious morph and extend the application of postcolonial theories to reflect not only on the traditional relations between colonizer and colonized but also on those between metropolis and colonies in the Maghreb, France, Latin America, England, the United States, the Caribbean, and Australia' (Publisher website)