ABSTRACT
At least two barriers obstruct the intermarriage of postcolonial theory and economic analysis. One is language. For most of us, reading an essay with postcolonial in its title is akin to reading a foreign language like French or Spanish. Some words seem familiar, but we are not confident in their meaning. Furthermore, postcolonial theorists seem intent on undermining our confidence in the words we think we do understand. For example, Graubart challenges the meaning of race; Danby, the concept of national boundaries; and Kayatekin, the notion of class.
