As one of the outstanding themes in postcolonial studies, the “sense of (un)belonging” covers a broad understanding in cultural and literary texts. In tandem with other terms related to identity, (un)belonging stands out to be an umbrella term that has sparked the initiative behind this thematic collection of chapters in postcolonial literature. Authors of the chapters has endeavored to explore the issue of cultural identity through a number of critical terms to clarify the issue of the sense of (un)belongi

Postmodern literature and arts are not novel and pure, rather they represent and present a great challenge. They create an active medium for their followers as Roland Barthes tags postmodernism writerly “in that the reader frequently has to fill in gaps in the narrative, thus, in Barthes’ terms of reference, becoming part of the production of the textual meaning. Postmodern texts and arts enforce a sort of invention, imagination, and suspension for the reader. Postmodern literary fashion does not provide a