Rhetoric and Postcolonial Theory: Reading Dr. Raka Shome

One of the final readings in my summer course on contemporary rhetorical theory was Raka Shome's "Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An 'Other' View" which argues that rhetorical studies can undergo a paradigm shift as a discipline only until it considers a postcolonial framework. The essay was first published in Communication Theory (1), 40-59, and later published in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Reader (1998), Guilford Press.

I conducted an online research on Dr. Shome and found the following bibliography, plus a brief biography . Shome has joined Bhabha, Said and Spivak as a seminal postcolonial theorist.

Shome is a critical scholar in my work on examining the intersection of postmodern theory and postcolonial theory.

Check out Shome's other published works:

Shome, R. (2006). "Transnational Feminism and Communication Studies" Communication Review.

Shome, R (2006). "Rethinking the diaspora: Call centers, India, and new technologies of hybridity." International Journal of Cultural Studies, 9(1), 105-124

Shome, R (2006) "Interdisciplinary research and globalization." Communication Review, 9, 1-36.

Shome, R. (2006). "Challenges of international women of color in higher education in the US: The complicated "rights" of belonging in globalization". In Omar Swartz (Eds.) Communication and Social Justice, Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbraum Inc.

Shome, R (2003). "Space matters: The power and practice of space". Communication Theory, 13(1), 39-56.

Shome, R. & Hegde, R. (2002). "Culture, communication, and the challenge of globalization". Critical Studies in Media Communication, 17(2), 172-189.

Shome, R. & Hegde, R (2002). "Postcolonial Approaches to Communication: Charting the terrain, engaging the intersections". Communication Theory, 12(3), 249-270.

Hegde R & Shome, R. (2002). "Postcolonial scholarship: Of productions and directions. An interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak". Communication Theory, 12(3), 271-286.

Shome, R. (2001). "White femininity and the discourse of the nation. Re/membering Princess Diana". Feminist Media Studies, 1(3), 323-342.

Shome, R. (2000). "Outing whiteness". Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 17(3), 366-371.

Shome, R. (2000). "Media and colonialism: Race, rape, and "Englishness" in The Jewel in the Crown". International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 23, 135-157.

Shome, R (1999). "Whiteness and the politics of location: Postcolonial reflections". in T. K. Nakayama & J. Martin (Eds.) (pp. 107-128) Whiteness and the Communication of Social Identity Oakland, CA: Sage Publications.

Shome, R (1999). "A response to Bill Starsota’s 'On the intersection of rhetoric and intercultural communication'". Intercultural and International Communication Annual, 22, 157-162.

Shome, R (1998). “Caught in the term ‘postcolonial: Why the “postcolonial” still matters". Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 15(2), 203-212.

Shome, R (1996). "Race and popular cinema: The rhetorical strategies of whiteness in 'City of Joy'". Communication Quarterly, 44(4), 502-518.

Shome, R (1996). "Postcolonial interventions in the rhetorical canon: An 'other' view". Communication Theory (1), 40-59. [Reprinted in C. Condit & J. Lucaites (Eds.) Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Reader (1998), NY, Guilford Press].

Co-Guest Editorship (with Hegde, R. & Grossberg, L.) Special Journal Issue "Postcolonial Approaches to communication." Communication Theory, August 2002.