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Bashir Abu-Manneh is Assistant Professor of English at Barnard College, New York, and the author of several articles in journals such as Interventions, New Formations , and Monthly Review . He is writing a book on the Palestinian novel and nationalism. Elleke Boehmer is well known for her research in international writing and postcolonial theory, and is the author of the world best-seller Colonial and Postcolonial Literature: Migrant Metaphors (1995, 2005), the monographs Empire, the National and the Postcolonial, 1890–1920 (2002) and Stories of Women (2005), and of the acclaimed edition of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys (2004). Elleke Boehmer is the Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford. Her most recent books are Nelson Mandela and Nile Baby (both 2008). Emma Brodzinski is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has a background in theatre-making and applied theatre practice. She is also a dramatherapist and has worked in both National Health Service and private settings. In collaboration with Helen Nicholson and Katie Normington she has recently published a book examining devised theatre entitled Making a Performance: Devising Histories and Contemporary Practices (2007). She is also currently writing a publication for Palgrave on theatre in health and care, ... log in or subscribe to read full text