As a literary theory, postcolonialism deals with literature produced in formerly colonized countries and literature from colonial powers that features colonized subjects. It emerged in the 1970s with Edward Said's work on orientalism and how the West constructs discourse about the East. Major postcolonial thinkers examined the experiences of colonized people and their interactions with European imperial powers. Postcolonial theory provides tools to analyze hybridity, alterity, diaspora, imperialism, and Eurocentrism in former colonies. Examples of
The document discusses several key aspects of colonialism:
1. Political domination over colonized peoples through controlling decision making and selecting rulers.
2. Forced economic dependence by requiring colonized regions supply raw materials cheaply and purchase finished goods at higher prices.
3. Building infrastructure like roads, railroads, and schools to facilitate economic exploitation of colonized regions.
The document discusses key concepts related to postcolonial literature and theory. It defines colonialism, imperialism, and postcolonialism and discusses their historical contexts. It notes that colonialism involved violence and the marginalization of non-European cultures and literatures. Postcolonial literature seeks to address this and find ways of resistance, retrieval, and reversing the erasure of pre-colonial pasts. It is a literature of protest that aims to understand history to plan for the future.
This document provides information about a postcolonial criticism paper submitted by Sheikh Nusratjaha R. It includes their name, semester, roll number, email, subject, paper number, batch, and department submitted to. It then provides a brief overview of postcolonial criticism, including that it emerged in the 1990s and undermines universal claims by acknowledging regional, national, cultural, and social differences rather than privileging white Eurocentric norms. It discusses achieving a postcolonial perspective by reclaiming one's history and eroding colonial ideology. It references Edward Said's Orientalism and characteristics of postcolonial criticism such as representation of non-Europeans and concerns with language.
This document discusses colonialism and post-colonialism. It begins by asking questions about examples of colonialism and colonial thinking in literature. It then outlines some major issues in post-colonialism, including resisting colonialism through language, history, and identity construction. Strategies for resistance include separatism, re-creation, cultural syncreticism, and mimicry. It defines colonialism and discusses different types. It also examines flows of natural resources and people during colonialism, as well as migration flows. It discusses theories of cultural imperialism and provides examples of how literature portrayed colonized regions. It examines effects of cultural imperialism like self-hatred and resistance.
As a literary theory, postcolonialism deals with literature produced in formerly colonized countries and literature from colonial powers that features colonized subjects. It emerged in the 1970s with Edward Said's work on orientalism and how the West constructs discourse about the East. Major postcolonial thinkers examined the experiences of colonized people and their interactions with European imperial powers. Postcolonial theory provides tools to analyze hybridity, alterity, diaspora, imperialism, and Eurocentrism in former colonies. Examples of
This document discusses the origins and development of anthropology as an academic discipline. It begins by introducing early travelers like Ibn Battuta and Ma Huan, and how their writings relate to modern anthropology. It then covers the work of early anthropologists like Franz Boas, who pioneered long-term fieldwork and the idea of cultural relativism. Boas rejected the notion that cultures evolve in a linear progression, instead arguing that each culture must be understood on its own terms. The document also discusses how anthropology has changed from a colonial pursuit focused on "primitive" peoples, to a more global and self-reflective field in the post-colonial era.
This document provides an overview of a lecture on the origins of the anthropological perspective and cultural relativism. It discusses how early anthropologists like Franz Boas studied other cultures as "strangers abroad" and rejected evolutionary theories that portrayed some cultures as more advanced than others. Boas is credited with establishing the fieldwork method, cultural relativism, and the idea that each culture must be understood on its own terms rather than in comparison to others. The lecture traces the development of anthropology from its roots in colonialism to modern approaches like post-colonialism and national anthropologies.
As a literary theory, postcolonialism deals with literature produced in formerly colonized countries and literature from colonial powers that features colonized subjects. It emerged in the 1970s with Edward Said's work on orientalism and how the West constructs discourse about the East. Major postcolonial thinkers examined the experiences of colonized people and their interactions with European imperial powers. Postcolonial theory provides tools to analyze hybridity, alterity, diaspora, imperialism, and Eurocentrism in former colonies. Examples of
The document discusses several key aspects of colonialism:
1. Political domination over colonized peoples through controlling decision making and selecting rulers.
2. Forced economic dependence by requiring colonized regions supply raw materials cheaply and purchase finished goods at higher prices.
3. Building infrastructure like roads, railroads, and schools to facilitate economic exploitation of colonized regions.
The document discusses key concepts related to postcolonial literature and theory. It defines colonialism, imperialism, and postcolonialism and discusses their historical contexts. It notes that colonialism involved violence and the marginalization of non-European cultures and literatures. Postcolonial literature seeks to address this and find ways of resistance, retrieval, and reversing the erasure of pre-colonial pasts. It is a literature of protest that aims to understand history to plan for the future.
This document provides information about a postcolonial criticism paper submitted by Sheikh Nusratjaha R. It includes their name, semester, roll number, email, subject, paper number, batch, and department submitted to. It then provides a brief overview of postcolonial criticism, including that it emerged in the 1990s and undermines universal claims by acknowledging regional, national, cultural, and social differences rather than privileging white Eurocentric norms. It discusses achieving a postcolonial perspective by reclaiming one's history and eroding colonial ideology. It references Edward Said's Orientalism and characteristics of postcolonial criticism such as representation of non-Europeans and concerns with language.
This document discusses colonialism and post-colonialism. It begins by asking questions about examples of colonialism and colonial thinking in literature. It then outlines some major issues in post-colonialism, including resisting colonialism through language, history, and identity construction. Strategies for resistance include separatism, re-creation, cultural syncreticism, and mimicry. It defines colonialism and discusses different types. It also examines flows of natural resources and people during colonialism, as well as migration flows. It discusses theories of cultural imperialism and provides examples of how literature portrayed colonized regions. It examines effects of cultural imperialism like self-hatred and resistance.
As a literary theory, postcolonialism deals with literature produced in formerly colonized countries and literature from colonial powers that features colonized subjects. It emerged in the 1970s with Edward Said's work on orientalism and how the West constructs discourse about the East. Major postcolonial thinkers examined the experiences of colonized people and their interactions with European imperial powers. Postcolonial theory provides tools to analyze hybridity, alterity, diaspora, imperialism, and Eurocentrism in former colonies. Examples of
This document discusses the origins and development of anthropology as an academic discipline. It begins by introducing early travelers like Ibn Battuta and Ma Huan, and how their writings relate to modern anthropology. It then covers the work of early anthropologists like Franz Boas, who pioneered long-term fieldwork and the idea of cultural relativism. Boas rejected the notion that cultures evolve in a linear progression, instead arguing that each culture must be understood on its own terms. The document also discusses how anthropology has changed from a colonial pursuit focused on "primitive" peoples, to a more global and self-reflective field in the post-colonial era.
This document provides an overview of a lecture on the origins of the anthropological perspective and cultural relativism. It discusses how early anthropologists like Franz Boas studied other cultures as "strangers abroad" and rejected evolutionary theories that portrayed some cultures as more advanced than others. Boas is credited with establishing the fieldwork method, cultural relativism, and the idea that each culture must be understood on its own terms rather than in comparison to others. The lecture traces the development of anthropology from its roots in colonialism to modern approaches like post-colonialism and national anthropologies.
Postcolonialism emerged in the mid-20th century to analyze the time after colonialism. It focuses on regions like India, Africa, and Southeast Asia that were formerly colonized by European powers. Postcolonial theory examines the relationships between colonizers and colonized peoples and challenges the dominant cultural perspectives of colonial institutions. Key aspects include considering the exoticization of non-European peoples in literature and representations, acknowledging the influence of colonial languages, and exploring hybrid cultural identities formed through colonial interactions.
Postcolonial criticism emerged in the 1990s to undermine universalist claims that disregard cultural, social, and regional differences. It argues that white Eurocentric norms should not be privileged. Postcolonial perspectives first aim to reclaim colonized peoples' own pasts beyond what Europeans portrayed. They also seek to erode the colonial ideologies that devalued non-Western cultures. Edward Said's Orientalism was groundbreaking in showing how the East was portrayed as an inferior "other" in Western works, depicted negatively through stereotypes like cruelty or exoticism.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in postcolonialism, including colonialism and decolonization. It discusses how colonialism involved the physical and economic exploitation of colonies. Cultural imperialism spread colonial ideologies and asserted the cultural superiority of the colonizers. Examples discussed include Orientalism and how works like Heart of Darkness portrayed Africa and indigenous people. Decolonization involved independence movements starting in the mid-20th century. Postcolonial resistance includes strategies like separatism, cultural syncretism, recreating histories/identities, and appropriating colonial languages and forms.
This document defines key terms related to postcolonial literature and criticism. It discusses colonialism as the establishment of settlements in distant territories subject to a parent state. Imperialism involves a metropolitan power ruling over distant territories, while neo-imperialism refers to economic control. Postcolonialism can refer to the temporal period after colonialism or an ideological critique of colonialism. However, some critique postcolonialism for presenting a linear view of history and ignoring ongoing aspects of colonialism. The document also notes social and racial differences within colonies were not fully captured.
The frontier of "the exotic": a reflection on its meaning in society and art.teporce
This document discusses the concept of the exotic in society and art. It explores how indigenous peoples, immigrants, and other "others" have historically been objects of curiosity and interpretation by artists. It also examines how early European depictions of indigenous Americans ranged from portraying them as semi-human monsters to idealizing them as noble savages. The concept of the exotic emerged in Latin America in association with geography, particularly the contrast between tropical and European climates. In Uruguay specifically, the appeal to the exotic developed later due to the country's greater ethnic and linguistic uniformity. The notion of the exotic serves to foster diversity and originality in art by legitimizing and incorporating representations of otherness. It also acts as a dynamic
Paper 11 postcolonial literature presentationDungrani Nirali
This document discusses the difference between colonial and postcolonial literature. Colonial literature refers to works written during the colonial period that portrayed colonization positively from the colonizer's perspective. Postcolonial literature emerged after independence and challenges colonial perspectives by portraying the problems of colonization from the view of the colonized. The main difference is that colonial literature justified colonization while postcolonial literature critiques and resists colonialism.
Postcolonial Pioneers in Cultural Studied ___by Akram Al-QuzahyAkram Al-Quzahy
The document discusses five key pioneers of postcolonialism in cultural studies: Edward Said, Seyla Benhabib, Frantz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak. It provides a brief biographical overview and summary of each thinker's major contributions, such as Said's concept of Orientalism, Fanon's work on decolonization in The Wretched of the Earth, and Bhabha's theories of hybridity and cultural in-betweenness. The document concludes that all of these thinkers made important contributions to developing the field of postcolonial cultural studies by examining the relationship between culture, literature and their historical colonial contexts.
The document discusses postcolonial studies, feminism, and poststructuralism in literature. It provides an overview of key concepts in postcolonial theory such as Orientalism, othering, and the colonial gaze. It examines how colonialist literature characterized colonized peoples and countries. It also discusses major postcolonial theorists like Fanon, Said, Bhabha, and Spivak and their critiques of colonial discourse. It notes how postcolonial literature rewrites history from perspectives of the colonized. The document also summarizes key concepts in feminism and poststructuralism such as gender construction, phallogocentrism, deconstruction, and différance.
This document provides an overview of postcolonialism as a theoretical framework. It defines postcolonialism as examining the effects of colonialism and imperialism in formerly colonized societies, including how it has shaped their cultures, histories, and identities. It discusses key thinkers who developed postcolonial theory like Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, Stuart Hall, and Homi Bhabha. It also summarizes some of the main concepts in postcolonialism, such as othering, resistance, hybridity, and how colonial identities were imposed.
Post Colonial Literature: Can the sub-altern speak? Santhiya Ramadas
This document discusses key concepts in postcolonial feminism. It begins by defining postcolonial feminism as a subset of feminism that seeks to study the effects of colonialism on non-Western women. It then examines Western views of non-Western women and criticisms of those views from a postcolonial feminist perspective. Specifically, it analyzes the politics of the veil and Western notions of "saving" women. The document also briefly discusses hybridity, Frantz Fanon's work, and critiques of postcolonial feminism.
Post-colonialism is the study of the effects of colonial subjugation by Western powers on Third and Fourth World nations that emerged in the 1970s. It examines various forms of injustice, domination of culture and gender, and the experiences of subaltern groups. In literature, post-colonialism analyzes the interaction and reaction between colonial societies and the impact of colonialism on literary works. The document then defines and discusses several key post-colonial concepts like mimicry, hybridity, orientalism, and universalism and how they are applied in literary analysis and critique works from a post-colonial perspective.
This document discusses the concept of hybridity in postcolonial literature and culture. It provides examples of hybridity in various forms, including cultural, political, linguistic, and musical hybrids created through contact between colonizing and colonized cultures. A key example discussed is Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses, which explores hybrid identities through its migrant characters and blending of different cultural references. The novel suggests that neither pure indigenous nor colonial identities exist and that both are fabrications. It establishes a hybrid geography and references that allows for various reader interpretations.
Lecture slides for MA Contemporary Art Theory and for MFA Visual Culture students at Edinburgh College of Art.
http://www.eca.ac.uk/pdf/getCourse.php?id=88
This document discusses several key concepts in post-colonial literature and theory. It defines anti-colonialism as rejecting colonial power and restoring local control. It discusses prominent anti-colonial thinkers like Wilmot Blyden, James Horton, C.L.R. James, Amilcar Cabral, and Franz Fanon. Binarism refers to dominant/subordinate dualities established through colonialism, like civilized/primitive. Primitivism describes how early human cultures were viewed as primitive by colonial powers. The document also defines the "Third World" as countries that were not aligned with either NATO or the Soviet bloc during the Cold War.
This dissertation examines how colonial photography and exhibitions displayed indigenous peoples in dehumanizing ways that satisfied European desires to view colonized subjects as exotic others. Chapter 1 analyzes early anthropometric photos that standardized poses and nudity to compare races and rank humanity. It considers whether these served science or preconceptions. Chapter 2 discusses colonial exhibitions that staged indigenous cultures and sometimes kidnapped participants. It examines experiences like Sara Baartman, Julia Pastrana, and Aztecs, to understand the treatment of individuals. The work frames analysis through Edward Said's Orientalism to reveal how colonial powers constructed identities through otherizing colonized subjects.
This document provides an overview of the key concepts in diaspora literature. It begins by defining diaspora as the displacement of a community into a new geographical and cultural region. It then discusses two main moves in diasporic writing: the spatial move involving de-territorialization and re-territorialization, and the temporal move of looking back to the past and forward to the future. Several diasporic authors and their works are listed. The features of diasporic culture include themes of memory, alienation in the new society, and connection to the homeland. Three overarching themes are identified: nostalgia and imaginary homelands, hybrid identities, and globalization. Examples from authors Margaret Atwood
Postcolonialism refers to intellectual works and theories that emerged in the mid-20th century in response to colonialism. It focuses on regions that were formerly colonized, including parts of Africa, Asia, and India. Postcolonial theory examines the cultural legacy of colonialism and the conflicts between colonizers and indigenous populations. Important theorists include Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak. Postcolonial criticism seeks to challenge Eurocentric perspectives and address how colonial powers represented foreign cultures.
Postcolonial theory examines life after foreign colonial rule. It considers the history of colonialism from the 15th-20th centuries when European powers established colonies in other continents and exploited the indigenous populations. Key aspects of colonialism included extending political rule beyond national borders, economically restructuring colonies, and asserting cultural dominance through ideas of European superiority. Postcolonial theory seeks to give voice to subaltern or marginalized groups that were denied agency under colonial systems and to challenge the lingering effects of Western imperialism.
This document defines and discusses key characteristics of culture. It states that culture makes societies unique and is shared, learned, and changes over time. Culture can be popular, folk, or counter-culture. Popular culture spreads widely, folk culture is tied to traditions, and counter-culture develops in opposition to the mainstream. The document also discusses cultural hearths, where cultural traits originate, and cultural diffusion, how customs spread to other cultures.
1. America became a colonial power in the late 19th century due to growing commercial and business interests in foreign trade and investments, strategic and naval interests, beliefs in social Darwinism and white supremacy, religious missionary activities, and the closing of the American frontier.
2. The US annexed Hawaii, acquired Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines through war and treaty after the Spanish-American War of 1898, and intervened frequently in Latin America.
3. By the early 20th century, the US emerged as a major Pacific power and global imperial actor seeking political and economic influence around the world.
Diana Raznovich's Manifesto 2000 of Feminine Humor published in Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform. Diana Taylor and Roselyn Costantino, eds. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004./ Manifesto 2000 del Humor Femenino. Publicado en Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform. Diana Taylor and Roselyn Costantino, eds. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004.
Postcolonialism emerged in the mid-20th century to analyze the time after colonialism. It focuses on regions like India, Africa, and Southeast Asia that were formerly colonized by European powers. Postcolonial theory examines the relationships between colonizers and colonized peoples and challenges the dominant cultural perspectives of colonial institutions. Key aspects include considering the exoticization of non-European peoples in literature and representations, acknowledging the influence of colonial languages, and exploring hybrid cultural identities formed through colonial interactions.
Postcolonial criticism emerged in the 1990s to undermine universalist claims that disregard cultural, social, and regional differences. It argues that white Eurocentric norms should not be privileged. Postcolonial perspectives first aim to reclaim colonized peoples' own pasts beyond what Europeans portrayed. They also seek to erode the colonial ideologies that devalued non-Western cultures. Edward Said's Orientalism was groundbreaking in showing how the East was portrayed as an inferior "other" in Western works, depicted negatively through stereotypes like cruelty or exoticism.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in postcolonialism, including colonialism and decolonization. It discusses how colonialism involved the physical and economic exploitation of colonies. Cultural imperialism spread colonial ideologies and asserted the cultural superiority of the colonizers. Examples discussed include Orientalism and how works like Heart of Darkness portrayed Africa and indigenous people. Decolonization involved independence movements starting in the mid-20th century. Postcolonial resistance includes strategies like separatism, cultural syncretism, recreating histories/identities, and appropriating colonial languages and forms.
This document defines key terms related to postcolonial literature and criticism. It discusses colonialism as the establishment of settlements in distant territories subject to a parent state. Imperialism involves a metropolitan power ruling over distant territories, while neo-imperialism refers to economic control. Postcolonialism can refer to the temporal period after colonialism or an ideological critique of colonialism. However, some critique postcolonialism for presenting a linear view of history and ignoring ongoing aspects of colonialism. The document also notes social and racial differences within colonies were not fully captured.
The frontier of "the exotic": a reflection on its meaning in society and art.teporce
This document discusses the concept of the exotic in society and art. It explores how indigenous peoples, immigrants, and other "others" have historically been objects of curiosity and interpretation by artists. It also examines how early European depictions of indigenous Americans ranged from portraying them as semi-human monsters to idealizing them as noble savages. The concept of the exotic emerged in Latin America in association with geography, particularly the contrast between tropical and European climates. In Uruguay specifically, the appeal to the exotic developed later due to the country's greater ethnic and linguistic uniformity. The notion of the exotic serves to foster diversity and originality in art by legitimizing and incorporating representations of otherness. It also acts as a dynamic
Paper 11 postcolonial literature presentationDungrani Nirali
This document discusses the difference between colonial and postcolonial literature. Colonial literature refers to works written during the colonial period that portrayed colonization positively from the colonizer's perspective. Postcolonial literature emerged after independence and challenges colonial perspectives by portraying the problems of colonization from the view of the colonized. The main difference is that colonial literature justified colonization while postcolonial literature critiques and resists colonialism.
Postcolonial Pioneers in Cultural Studied ___by Akram Al-QuzahyAkram Al-Quzahy
The document discusses five key pioneers of postcolonialism in cultural studies: Edward Said, Seyla Benhabib, Frantz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak. It provides a brief biographical overview and summary of each thinker's major contributions, such as Said's concept of Orientalism, Fanon's work on decolonization in The Wretched of the Earth, and Bhabha's theories of hybridity and cultural in-betweenness. The document concludes that all of these thinkers made important contributions to developing the field of postcolonial cultural studies by examining the relationship between culture, literature and their historical colonial contexts.
The document discusses postcolonial studies, feminism, and poststructuralism in literature. It provides an overview of key concepts in postcolonial theory such as Orientalism, othering, and the colonial gaze. It examines how colonialist literature characterized colonized peoples and countries. It also discusses major postcolonial theorists like Fanon, Said, Bhabha, and Spivak and their critiques of colonial discourse. It notes how postcolonial literature rewrites history from perspectives of the colonized. The document also summarizes key concepts in feminism and poststructuralism such as gender construction, phallogocentrism, deconstruction, and différance.
This document provides an overview of postcolonialism as a theoretical framework. It defines postcolonialism as examining the effects of colonialism and imperialism in formerly colonized societies, including how it has shaped their cultures, histories, and identities. It discusses key thinkers who developed postcolonial theory like Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, Stuart Hall, and Homi Bhabha. It also summarizes some of the main concepts in postcolonialism, such as othering, resistance, hybridity, and how colonial identities were imposed.
Post Colonial Literature: Can the sub-altern speak? Santhiya Ramadas
This document discusses key concepts in postcolonial feminism. It begins by defining postcolonial feminism as a subset of feminism that seeks to study the effects of colonialism on non-Western women. It then examines Western views of non-Western women and criticisms of those views from a postcolonial feminist perspective. Specifically, it analyzes the politics of the veil and Western notions of "saving" women. The document also briefly discusses hybridity, Frantz Fanon's work, and critiques of postcolonial feminism.
Post-colonialism is the study of the effects of colonial subjugation by Western powers on Third and Fourth World nations that emerged in the 1970s. It examines various forms of injustice, domination of culture and gender, and the experiences of subaltern groups. In literature, post-colonialism analyzes the interaction and reaction between colonial societies and the impact of colonialism on literary works. The document then defines and discusses several key post-colonial concepts like mimicry, hybridity, orientalism, and universalism and how they are applied in literary analysis and critique works from a post-colonial perspective.
This document discusses the concept of hybridity in postcolonial literature and culture. It provides examples of hybridity in various forms, including cultural, political, linguistic, and musical hybrids created through contact between colonizing and colonized cultures. A key example discussed is Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses, which explores hybrid identities through its migrant characters and blending of different cultural references. The novel suggests that neither pure indigenous nor colonial identities exist and that both are fabrications. It establishes a hybrid geography and references that allows for various reader interpretations.
Lecture slides for MA Contemporary Art Theory and for MFA Visual Culture students at Edinburgh College of Art.
http://www.eca.ac.uk/pdf/getCourse.php?id=88
This document discusses several key concepts in post-colonial literature and theory. It defines anti-colonialism as rejecting colonial power and restoring local control. It discusses prominent anti-colonial thinkers like Wilmot Blyden, James Horton, C.L.R. James, Amilcar Cabral, and Franz Fanon. Binarism refers to dominant/subordinate dualities established through colonialism, like civilized/primitive. Primitivism describes how early human cultures were viewed as primitive by colonial powers. The document also defines the "Third World" as countries that were not aligned with either NATO or the Soviet bloc during the Cold War.
This dissertation examines how colonial photography and exhibitions displayed indigenous peoples in dehumanizing ways that satisfied European desires to view colonized subjects as exotic others. Chapter 1 analyzes early anthropometric photos that standardized poses and nudity to compare races and rank humanity. It considers whether these served science or preconceptions. Chapter 2 discusses colonial exhibitions that staged indigenous cultures and sometimes kidnapped participants. It examines experiences like Sara Baartman, Julia Pastrana, and Aztecs, to understand the treatment of individuals. The work frames analysis through Edward Said's Orientalism to reveal how colonial powers constructed identities through otherizing colonized subjects.
This document provides an overview of the key concepts in diaspora literature. It begins by defining diaspora as the displacement of a community into a new geographical and cultural region. It then discusses two main moves in diasporic writing: the spatial move involving de-territorialization and re-territorialization, and the temporal move of looking back to the past and forward to the future. Several diasporic authors and their works are listed. The features of diasporic culture include themes of memory, alienation in the new society, and connection to the homeland. Three overarching themes are identified: nostalgia and imaginary homelands, hybrid identities, and globalization. Examples from authors Margaret Atwood
Postcolonialism refers to intellectual works and theories that emerged in the mid-20th century in response to colonialism. It focuses on regions that were formerly colonized, including parts of Africa, Asia, and India. Postcolonial theory examines the cultural legacy of colonialism and the conflicts between colonizers and indigenous populations. Important theorists include Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak. Postcolonial criticism seeks to challenge Eurocentric perspectives and address how colonial powers represented foreign cultures.
Postcolonial theory examines life after foreign colonial rule. It considers the history of colonialism from the 15th-20th centuries when European powers established colonies in other continents and exploited the indigenous populations. Key aspects of colonialism included extending political rule beyond national borders, economically restructuring colonies, and asserting cultural dominance through ideas of European superiority. Postcolonial theory seeks to give voice to subaltern or marginalized groups that were denied agency under colonial systems and to challenge the lingering effects of Western imperialism.
This document defines and discusses key characteristics of culture. It states that culture makes societies unique and is shared, learned, and changes over time. Culture can be popular, folk, or counter-culture. Popular culture spreads widely, folk culture is tied to traditions, and counter-culture develops in opposition to the mainstream. The document also discusses cultural hearths, where cultural traits originate, and cultural diffusion, how customs spread to other cultures.
1. America became a colonial power in the late 19th century due to growing commercial and business interests in foreign trade and investments, strategic and naval interests, beliefs in social Darwinism and white supremacy, religious missionary activities, and the closing of the American frontier.
2. The US annexed Hawaii, acquired Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines through war and treaty after the Spanish-American War of 1898, and intervened frequently in Latin America.
3. By the early 20th century, the US emerged as a major Pacific power and global imperial actor seeking political and economic influence around the world.
Diana Raznovich's Manifesto 2000 of Feminine Humor published in Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform. Diana Taylor and Roselyn Costantino, eds. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004./ Manifesto 2000 del Humor Femenino. Publicado en Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform. Diana Taylor and Roselyn Costantino, eds. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004.
The document provides information about the role and requirements for becoming a Foreign Service Officer. As a Foreign Service Officer, key responsibilities include helping US citizens traveling abroad, defending US foreign policy, and promoting economic partnerships in the assigned country. Successful candidates typically have a college degree in fields like political science, history or economics along with strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills. Training involves language school and on-the-job experience. Starting salaries range from around $47,000 to $53,000 and the highest ranking Ambassador position pays around $141,000.
The document provides information about the role and requirements for becoming a Foreign Service Officer. As a Foreign Service Officer, key responsibilities include helping US citizens traveling abroad, defending US foreign policy, and promoting economic partnerships in assigned countries. Successful candidates typically have a college degree in fields like political science, history or economics along with strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills. Training involves language school and on-the-job experience. Starting salaries range from around $47,000 to $53,000 and the highest ranking Ambassador position pays around $141,000.
The document discusses using theater as a tool for social change. It describes how theater can be used to explore solutions to social issues and raise awareness by allowing people to "explore different courses of ACTION" and "change the script that conditions our responses in real-life situations." It introduces Theater of the Oppressed, developed by Augusto Boal, which aims to fight oppression through interactive theater where audience members become "spect-actors" and help prototype transformations to scenes. The document concludes by introducing Lorena Morán and Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras, a day laborer theater in Los Angeles that uses theater to address issues like modern slavery.
This document contains the title "LLEIDA COLOR 2010" and a series of links to the blog "http://clicant.blogspot.com". The blog appears to be by an author named "OLGA BE" based on the repeated links.
This thesis compares the literary representations of nation-building, myth creation, and citizenship in Adalberto Ortiz's novel Juyungo and Manuel Zapata Olivella's novels Changó, el gran putas and Chambacú, corral de negros. Both authors employ elements of social realism and highlight issues of citizenship concerning the African diaspora, such as discrimination and miscegenation. However, there are differences in the geographic scope and literary innovations used. Whereas Juyungo is set in Ecuador, Changó attempts to represent the experiences of the African diaspora across the Americas. Chambacú, due to its structural similarities to Juyungo, facilitates a comparison
This document provides an overview and analysis of representation of the "Other" in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. It discusses how Conrad negatively portrays Africans as savage and primitive, while Achebe aims to correct these distortions by authentically representing Igbo culture. The document also examines Edward Said's concept of Orientalism and how the West constructs knowledge about non-Western societies to justify colonial domination. It argues Achebe writes as a postcolonial intellectual to redeem Africans from the dark image created by colonial assumptions and restore pride in their pre-colonial past.
Le Passé Simple's and Things Fall Apart's Attitudes toward the Colonial Disco...Elhassan ROUIJEL
This presentation attempts to investigate how the colonial discourse is treated in two novels: Driss Chraibi's Le Passé Simple and Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.
1. The document provides context about Tampa Bay, Florida prior to Spanish contact, including that the Taino people had a vibrant civilization, economic systems, and governance structures that allowed sustainable living.
2. It discusses definitions of "civilization" and challenges Eurocentric views that defined civilization based on standards like writing, instead recognizing multiple civilizations.
3. It cautions against Eurocentric propaganda in some slides and provides context for indigenous peoples in the Americas and religious practices sometimes misunderstood by Europeans.
This document provides an overview of postcolonial theory and criticism. It discusses key concepts such as Orientalism, cultural imperialism, and the subaltern. It examines works by prominent postcolonial theorists like Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, and Homi Bhabha. Methods of postcolonial analysis include examining the historical, physical, ideological, gender, and cultural aspects of colonial relationships. Postcolonial literature and criticism aims to resist and revise the Western canon by introducing marginalized voices and exposing colonialist perspectives and silences.
This document provides an abstract for a paper analyzing Arthur Kopit's play "Indians" through an ethnohistorical lens. The abstract discusses how Kopit uses some ethnohistorical methodologies to dramatize Native American history and experiences with colonization in the US in the late 19th century without claiming to present a strictly factual version of events. It also addresses how the play comments on the American hero myth and employs humor and fictionalization to avoid creating a documentary-style retelling of history.
Anzaldua Border ArteNepantla, el lugar de la FronteraBy R.docxrossskuddershamus
Anzaldua
Border Arte
Nepantla, el lugar de la Frontera
By: Ruben Ruiz
Introducing Border Art
Indigenous culture is being taught by whites in museums in their own version, upsets Anzaldua.
Talk as if Aztec culture has been dead for hundreds of years when there are still 10,000 Aztecs living.
Many cultures meet at USA/Mex. border while artists constantly change images and “place” according to themselves.
“Portrait” is an example of cultural rebirth of Chicana struggling to free self from oppressive gender roles.
Three Mothers of Chicana/o Art
La Virgen Guadalupe, La Malinche, and La Llorona
Cultural figures that re-read in works and represent resistance to repression and assimilation.
Barraza and painting of La Malinche is an example of this.
Retablos: traditional popular miracle paintings on metal, introduced by the Spanish.
Artists connect everyday life with political, sacred, and aesthetics in art.
Culture of Border Art
Culture touches and influences another, passes metaphors and gods before dies. (Metaphors are gods)
New cultures adopt, modify, and enrich images passing them on relating them to prevailing culture and era.
Introduces the concept of “Nepantla”
Nahuatl for in between states, uncertain terrain when moving from place to place, social class, race, sex position, or present to new identity.
Jorge Luis Borge’s Aleph, one spot on earth the contains all people and places residing in peace and unison.
Border in constant nepantla.
Examples of Border Art
Threats/Challenges & Resolutions
Threats
Appropriation by poplar culture, dominant art institutions, and economic depression.
Titles of “Chicana” or “border” artists are demeaning labels stripping legitimacy of the art. Signals inferiority to other artists.
Challenge and subvert imperialism of US and combat assimilation by US or Mexico but acknowledge both.
Supersedes pictorials, depicts soul of artist and soul of pueblo.
Autohistorias: who tells the story and what stories and histories are told.
Becoming dominant in art is not their goal, done for a purpose and a story.
Conclusion
The Border is a historical and metaphorical site where artists transform space, USA and Mexico into one.
Deals with shifting identities, border crossings, and hybridism.
“From earth we are born, to earth we shall return.” (pg. 184)
Discussion
Have you ever been to a border between two countries? What was it like? Do you feel that border arte is truly a representation of multiple cultures between the US and Mexico meshed into one unique culture? Explain.
What does it mean to you when Anzaldua says, “from earth we are born, and to earth we shall return”? Do you think life is a cycle and that earth “eats the dead”?
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Article review of Dr. Rebecca Earle: The Pleasures of Taxonomy Casta Paintings Classification and Colonialism. Race, Caste, and Identity in Mexico, Latin America and the world. Presentation highlighting human migration, color, race base status, social status, racist captions in casta paintings.
This document provides an overview and analysis of Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart" from a post-colonial perspective. It discusses post-colonialism and its key concepts like hybridity. It summarizes Achebe's response to earlier European novels that depicted Africans negatively. It also analyzes how the novel portrays Igbo society in Nigeria and examines the effects of colonialism on their culture from a native perspective. The document evaluates how colonialism disrupted traditions but also eliminated some harmful cultural practices. It discusses the self-defining nature of the novel for post-colonial writers dealing with issues of cultural identity and hybridity.
The document discusses postcolonial studies and literature. It defines postcolonial studies as the critical analysis of history, culture, literature and discourse specific to former colonies. It discusses key issues in postcolonial studies like rejecting Western imperialist narratives and expanding literary canons. It provides examples of postcolonial authors and influential novels. It also summarizes Cavafy's poem "Waiting for the Barbarians", which depicts a town awaiting an invasion that does not come, showing how borders help define identities.
70th ICREA Colloquium - "What would Karl say? Two ICREA professors engage wit...Mayi Suárez
ICREA Research Professor David Block argues that a Marxist framing of issues related to language in society can lead to understandings of how the use of language and other semiotic modes is embedded in ongoing political, economic, social and cultural processes, showing how class struggle and class warfare are both materially and discursively constructed.
70th ICREA Colloquium "What would Karl say? Two ICREA professors engage with ...ICREA
Although Marxist scholarship in the social sciences and humanities has never entirely disappeared, certainly since the current economic crisis began in 2007/2008 there has been a renewed interest in it. In this colloquium, a sociolinguist (David Block) and a philosopher (Santiago Zabala) discuss what Marxist thought provides in their respective academic activity.
David Block will argue that a Marxist framing of issues related to language in society can lead to understandings of how the use of language and other semiotic modes is embedded in ongoing political, economic, social and cultural processes, showing how class struggle and class warfare are both materially and discursively constructed.
Santiago Zabala will discuss the return to communism as a route to political emancipation, proposing a "hermeneutic communism" which embraces the ecological cause of degrowth and the decentralization of the state bureaucratic system in order to permit independent counsels to increase community involvement.
This document provides context about Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas. It discusses his life and career, including being sent to labor camps for being gay in Cuba. It analyzes the film Before Night Falls, directed by Julian Schnabel, which portrayed Arenas' life. The document discusses problematic aspects of the film, such as potentially desexualizing or exoticizing Arenas. It cautions against relying on a single story to define someone and promotes considering plurality and diversity of experiences.
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Here are 3 potential prompts for Essay #2 based on the material covered:
1. Compare and contrast how Gloria Anzaldua's "La conciencia de la mestiza" and Maxine Hong Kingston's "No Name Woman" represent the intersections of identity and oppression through postmodern and feminist lenses.
2. Analyze how Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" reflects postmodern themes of identity, madness, and social criticism through its experimental form and content.
3. Discuss how Anzaldua's "El Sonavabitche" or Kingston's "No Name Woman" illuminate the oppression women faced in patriarchal societies through their use of themes,
New Voices, Postmodernism's Focus On The MarginalisedJames Clegg
The document discusses how postmodernism focuses on marginalized groups and identities through examining concepts like authenticity, essentialism, and the historical construction of categories. It explores how notions of primitiveness, femininity, and homosexuality have been shaped by power structures over time to exclude or otherize certain communities. Postmodernism questions grand narratives and truths by deconstructing dominant representations and knowledge production.
This document discusses the origins and development of modern anthropology. It focuses on the work of early anthropologists like Franz Boas who pioneered the concept of cultural relativism. Boas rejected the idea that cultures evolve in linear stages, arguing instead that each culture must be understood on its own terms rather than in comparison to others. He established anthropology as a scientific, professional field of study based on long-term fieldwork and helped shape the discipline's anti-racist, humanistic traditions. The document also examines how anthropology has changed since colonial times, with the rise of national anthropologies and a more globalized approach.
Popular culture in Latin America includes expressions like salsa, samba, religious rituals, masks, weaving, and oral stories that originate from subordinate classes. In the 19th century, popular culture became intertwined with notions of national identity. Popular culture represents the whole way of life and produces symbolic forms of expression. It involves syncretic religious practices like pilgrimages, festivals, and morality plays. Governments have both promoted popular culture to represent the nation but also pushed for modernization. Popular culture offers alternative ways of life and identity compared to Western culture. Mass media like radio, television, and telenovelas act as a bridge between traditional and modern aspects of society. Popular culture can be a site of resistance and
Limits of enlightenment rationality in the face of cultura.docxsmile790243
Limits of enlightenment rationality in the face of cultural relativism
Biological universals, symbolic particulars and political discourse
This talk will explore the conceptual underpinnings of cultural relativism and universalism. It will present examples of common issues raised in debates on cultural differences and outline a possible direction in which an analyst of universalist and relativist discourse might proceed.
OutlineOrigins and nature of cultural relativismParadoxes of cultural relativismChallenges to cultural relativism: conservative, liberal, rationalistic/scientificCultural relativism as a cultural patternEnlightment, romaticism, secular humanism and limits of cultural relativism as a political view
Qualifications:
- background in cognitive and text linguistics currently doing PhD research on metaphors in educational discourse at EDU
- cross-cultural trainer for the Peace Corps (visited and worked in over 20 countries)
- run a website on Czech culture (http://www.czechupdate.com) and language (http://www.bohemica.com), translate and teach languages for a living
- taught a course on Czech national identity at universities in Prague and Glasgow
Defining cultural relativism
(the Google way)the ability to view the beliefs and customs of other peoples within the context of their culture rather than one's own.
www.china.org.cn/english/features/Archaeology/98851.htmunderstanding the ways of other cultures and not judging these practices according to one's own cultural ways.
oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth370/gloss.htmlCultural values are arbitrary, and therefore the values of one culture should not be used as standards to evaluate the behavior or persons from outside that culture.
www.killgrove.org/ANT220/cultanthdef.htmlthe position that the values, beliefs and customs of cultures differ and deserve recognition.
www.anthro.wayne.edu/ant2100/GlossaryCultAnt.htmCultural relativism is the principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities make sense in terms of his or her own culture. This principle was established as axiomatic in anthropological research in by Franz Boas in the first few decades of the 20th century, and then popularized in the 1940s by Boas's students. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_relativism
Defining cultural relativismThe degree to which an individual or a society is willing to suspend the universality of values and value-based actions (particularly those acquired by primary socialization) in the face of conflicting values held and acted upon by individuals or groups recognized as belonging to another in-group defined social unit.
Origins and nature of relativismNatural relativism (Bible, Jesuits, missionaries, ‘different folks different strokes’/‘when in Rome’ [387 A.D.])Enlightenment (pursuit of happiness)Romanticism (noble savage)Anthropology (Boas, Lévy-Strauss)Linguistics (Whorf-Sapir, Lakoff)Philosophy (pragmatism)
Paradoxes of cultural relativismCultural relativism vs. univer ...
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Thinking of getting a dog? Be aware that breeds like Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and German Shepherds can be loyal and dangerous. Proper training and socialization are crucial to preventing aggressive behaviors. Ensure safety by understanding their needs and always supervising interactions. Stay safe, and enjoy your furry friends!
The simplified electron and muon model, Oscillating Spacetime: The Foundation...RitikBhardwaj56
Discover the Simplified Electron and Muon Model: A New Wave-Based Approach to Understanding Particles delves into a groundbreaking theory that presents electrons and muons as rotating soliton waves within oscillating spacetime. Geared towards students, researchers, and science buffs, this book breaks down complex ideas into simple explanations. It covers topics such as electron waves, temporal dynamics, and the implications of this model on particle physics. With clear illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, readers will gain a new outlook on the universe's fundamental nature.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
1. Hemispheric : Contact Zones, Comparative perspectives, Dialogue ≠ Classic Ethnography : Surveying “the other.” Us vs. Them Marcela Fuentes [email_address]
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17. Boston Tea Party. Rebels disguised as Indians. Start a revolution with tea. “ Playing Indian” (Redface) = Blackface to produce and maintain whiteness as central to the definition of U.S identity. Foundational ritual: playing Indian and drinking Chinese tea. Fuchs would ask: “What changes in the landscape of this world?” “Who has power on this planet?” “How is it achieved?” Enter APA Theater and Margaret Cho.