In this exam I will demonstrate my knowledge of the postcolonial theoretical school and its relationship to ethnography and anthropology. The connection between colonialism and anthropology is an old one. Depending on when one sets the beginning of what we call Aanthropology‚@ issues of imperialism‚ colonialism and colonial justification go back as far as recorded history. For the purposes of this exam‚ I will focus on the current colonial/postcolonial paradigm that began with the age of European
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overturns‚ and / or critically refracts colonial authority-its epistemologies and forms of violence‚ its claims to superiority. Postcolonialism therefore refers to those theories‚ texts‚ political strategies‚ and modes of activism that engage in such questioning‚ that aim to challenge structural inequalities and bring about social justice. It is helpful to view postcolonialism in a comparative frame alongside feminism. Both these approaches arrived at points of critical self-awareness in definitive periods
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global realities than the former definition allowed1. I use a three-point construct‚ with the points representing the ontological‚ contextual‚ and textual components—all of which will be explained below. I also attempt to show the relevance of postcolonialism to understanding root causes of world problems and possible solutions. If we look at a brief history of postcolonial studies‚ we can appreciate the way in which the theory and practice have evolved. Though colleges and universities are portrayed
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Tragedy of Othello Syllabus 1. Introduction Different people have different opinions towards the tragedy of Othello. Personally‚ I am deeply impressed by the racial bias in this tragedy; therefore I try to analyze it from the view of postcolonialism. As you know‚ the tragedy of Othello has a close relation with Othello’s blackness identity. In the play‚ the viperous Iago makes full use of Othello’s special Moor identity‚ which is different from the dominant society‚ to enrage Desdemona’s
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“The Remains of the Day” -post-colonial novel- Postcolonialism‚ discussed from a literary approach‚ deals with the literature produced in countries that were colonies and by the colonized peoples responding to the colonial legacy by what the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie called “writing back”‚ and thus confronting colonial cultural attitudes through literature. However‚ it may also refer to the literature written in other countries‚ which takes as its subject-matter the
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Post colonialism INTRODUCTION By definition‚ post colonialism is a period of time after colonialism‚ and postcolonial literature is typically characterized by its opposition to the colonial. However‚ some critics have argued that any literature that expresses an opposition to colonialism‚ even if it is produced during a colonial period‚ may be defined as postcolonial‚ primarily due to its oppositional nature. Postcolonial literature often focuses on race relations and the effects of racism and
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I would agree on certain points and disagree on others. Some aspects of Western Postcolonial feminism are the same function as the forms and force of postcolonial politics. The sympathies and interests of postcolonialism are thus forced on those at the margins of society‚ such as refugees‚ and migrants and minorities. So in this sense postcolonialism stands for a transformational politics‚ one that is dedicated to the removal of inequality‚ allowing for autonomous self government of those finding themselves being controlled
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Tiwari 1 Janmejay Kumar Tiwari Research Scholar Department of English & MEL University of Allahabad‚ Allahabad Colonial Enchanter: Postcolonial Enchantress Postcolonialism is a relation of centre and margin‚ oppressor and oppressed‚ colonizer and colonized or in the words of Aime Cesaire “relations of domination and submission.‟‟ Postcolonialism is largely concerned with the politics of culture and postcolonial studies “involves the critical examination of European representations of colonial peoples
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of these definitions of hybridity is expressed through the writings of Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace‚ Robert J.C. Young’s Postcolonialism‚ and Gandhi. Amitav Ghosh expresses hybridity in The Glass Palace through characters who adapt to the mixture of culture‚ and to those who experience the loss of their identity because of this mixture. In Robert J.C. Young’s Postcolonialism‚ the example of Algerian raï music is described as a hybrid genre. Hybridity can also be seen through the early writings of
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resulting from the accounts of the natives by fellow countrymen ? My paper seeks to examine how relevant is the question of postcolonialism in those locations whose inhabitants find themselves being ‘othered’ in their own country by their fellow countrymen. Many critics hold the opinion that the question of postcolonialism is still relevant as the process of decolonisation is far from complete. And as Leela Gandhi has pointed out nationalism
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