Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Translator’s Note ix
4. Opening threshold. The Dazzling Dark Powers of Postcolonial Imperialism 1
5. threshold 1. Johnny Mad Dog and Osama Bin Laden: Agents of Postcolonial Imperialism 21
6. threshold 2. Anchor Points 39
7. threshold 3. Illuminations 57
8. threshold 4. Sex- Bodies, Bombshell Breasts, and Dazzling DVDs and VCDs 83
9. threshold 5. Bombs and Lightning Bolts 97
10. threshold 6. Nafissatou Diallo, DSK, Sarkozy, and Postcolonial Imperialism 109
11. threshold 7. Literary Dazzlements 127
12. threshold 8. Africanism and Postcolonial Imperialism 155
13. Anaconda. Critical Threshold of Postcolonial Imperialism 169
14. Afterword 191
15. Notes 195
16. Bibliography 217
17. Index 229