San Francisco Post-Colonial Literature Book Club

This is a post-colonial literature bookclub which I haven't seen organized before. From the subaltern literature (where the post-colonial acts more colonial than the colonialist due to an inner sense of inferiority) to the literature of the country actually breaking away from both the external & internal shackles of colonialism, we will read books from India, the Africa continent, Latin America and anywhere (a lot of places) where colonization occurred. We will place our readings in the modern context including Middle East conflicts and the pursuit of social justice. It will be interesting to start with a reading from Gayatri Spivak.