Postcolonial Identities in Central Asian and Caucasian Literature

A monograph on the rich and complex history of postcolonial literature from the Caucasus and Central Asia, examining how post-Soviet authors have responded to the post-Soviet transition, and arguing that their works are in many respects postcolonial in terms of the writers' identity configurations and literary modes of representation.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Theorizing Russian Postcolonial Studies


• 2: Between 'Post-Soviet' and 'Postcolonial'


• 3: Unhomely Identities: The Traumatic Search for a Post-Soviet Home


• 4: Navigating the Russian Literary Market as a Russophone Trickster Writer


• 5: NGOs and Neo-Colonialism in Russophone Women's Writing


• 6: Beyond Identity: Cyborgs, Queers, and Other Posthumans of Sci-Fi Utopias


• Conclusion

About the author

Tamar Koplatadze is Associate Professor of Postsocialist Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford. She specialises in Postcolonial Studies and Russophone Literature and Culture. Dr Koplatadze is author of a number of articles, including the prize-winning 'Theorising Russian Postcolonial Studies'. Her research frequently features on non-academic platforms such as film festivals and the BBC.

Product details

• Authors: Tamar Koplatadze, Tamar (Associate Professor in Postsoci Koplatadze
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2026
• EAN: 9780198974062
• ISBN: 978-0-19-897406-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / General, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Fiction in translation, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Fiction companions, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Fiction-Related Items, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form