“Coloniality,” in the words of Walter Mignolo, “points toward and intends to unveil an embedded logic that enforces control, domination, and exploitation” (The Idea of Latin America, 6–7). As a concept it describes colonial rule in Latin America while simultaneously alluding to the aftermath of the fall of these empires in the contemporary world. Alongside this central idea are the theories of (post-)Occidentalism, (post-)Orientalism, and (post-)Colonialism, all of which form the bedrock of (Latin American) postcolonial studies. Robbin Fiddian's Postcolonial Borges. Argument and Artistry couches its analysis in this rich theoretical tradition in an effort to examine how the work of Jorge Luis Borges maps onto the complexities of this field. To that end, Fiddian considers not only Borges's frequent engagement with ideas of identity, coloniality, and empire, but also his musings on geopolitical and cultural themes throughout his lifetime. Starting in the 1920s and moving chronologically up...
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