Key Concepts in Post-colonial StudiesAs a subject, post-colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism, gender, politics and language. In the language of post-colonial studies, some words are new, others are familiar but charged with new significance. This volume provides an essential key to understanding the issues that characterize post-colonialism, explaining what it is, where it is encountered and why it is crucial in forging new cultural identities. This comprehensive glossary has extensive cross-referencing, suggestions for further reading at the end of each entry, a bibliography of essential writings in post-colonial studies and is presented in an easy-to-use A-Z format. |
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African ambivalence American argued assumptions became becomes Bhabha binary body British Caribbean centre century civilization claims colonial discourse colonialist communities complex concept condition construction contemporary continued create critics cultural defined describe distinction dominant early economic effects emergence empire employed English established ethnic Europe European example existence experience fact Fanon forces forms Further reading global groups human hybridity idea identity ideology imperial important independence Indian indigenous individual institutions kinds language less literary literature London marginal material meaning mimicry movement native nature neo-colonialism operation Orientalism origin particular period political position post-colonial practices present produced question race racial recent refers relations relationship represent representation resistance seen sense settler significant simply social societies space specific structure studies subaltern suggests term texts theory Third traditions University values various West Western writing