In this first full-length study of race and colonialism in the works of
James Joyce, Vincent J. Cheng argues that Joyce wrote insistently from
the perspective of a colonial subject of an oppressive empire, and
demonstrates how Joyce's texts constitute a significant political
commentary on British imperialism in Ireland and on colonial discourses
and ideologies in general. This is a groundbreaking study of the
century's most internationally influential fiction writer, and of his
powerful representations of the cultural dynamics of race, power, and
empire.