ABSTRACT
Materialist critics have often enjoyed an antagonistic relationship to postcolonial studies. However, they have not uniformly rejected postcolonial studies; nor has postcolonial studies been as hostile to materialist criticism as has often been suggested. This chapter will thus attempt to trace the various ways in which materialist formulations have been deployed in relation to postcolonial studies. It is important first, though, to examine what exactly is meant by materialist criticism.
