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    Post-colonialism, Subaltern, Diaspora

    and Globalization

    Imaginary Identifications

    Post colonialism

    Subaltern Studies

    Diaspora
    Multiculturalism
    Globalization

    Imaginary identifications

    Constructing identities through significant


    others and collective narratives
    The civilized Europeans identity cannot
    exist without the uncivilized other eg.
    the noble savage
    Orientalism (Edward Said) the process
    by which the Orient was constructed as an
    exotic other.

    The Self and the Other

    Identity Self-concept, Social mores and


    national understanding
    Val Plumwoods categorization
    Power Structures and Dualism
    (manXwoman,superiorXinferior,humanxno
    nhuman)
    Denial or back grounding- minimization of
    contribution to the master
    Radical hyper separation negating the
    value in the other (mind games)

    The Self and the Other

    Relational Definition the other is


    defined in terms of what he/she does
    not possess
    Instrumentalization or objectification
    (Use the services of the other- fulfill
    the needs of the master)
    Homogenization or stereotyping
    stripped of all individuality

    Key terms in Subaltern Studies

    Colonialism The Imperialist


    expansion of
    Europe/dominant/centered/control/
    extension of control over social,
    pedagogical, economic, political and
    broadly cultural exchanges
    European mother nation vs
    indigenous peoples
    Racial inferiority vs Exotic otherness
    Colonial markers (fair skin,
    cricket,English)

    Key Terms

    Post-colonialism study of the effects of


    colonialism/how did European nations
    conquer and the responses of these
    countries
    An initial awareness of the social,
    psychological and cultural inferiority
    Enforced by being in a colonized state
    The struggle for ethnic, cultural and
    political autonomy
    A growing awareness of cultural overlap
    and hybridity

    Key terms

    Ambivalence mixed reactions


    Alterity the state of being different
    politically, culturally, linguistically
    Agency agency is the capacity of
    individuals to act independently and to
    make their own free choices
    Essentialism the essence of whatness
    of something North IndianSouth Indian
    etc.
    Hegemony Power of the ruling class to
    convince other classes that their interests
    are the interests of all.

    Key Terms

    Mapping Mapping of global spaces. Maps


    used as markers to assist the process of
    aggression, boundaries, to establish
    claims
    Metanarrative a large cultural story that
    seeks to explain within its borders all the
    little local narratives
    Nation/nation-state an aggregation of
    people organized under a single
    government/interests are geo-economic.

    Key Terms

    Nation/nation-state National
    interest is associated with a struggle
    for independent, ethnic and cultural
    identity
    Race the division and classification
    of human beings by physical and
    biological characteristics (often used
    to denote power eg. White mans
    burden, the Nazis and the Jews)

    Key Terms

    Semiotics a system of signs which one knows


    what something is. Cultural semiotics often
    provide the means by which a group defines itself

    Space/Place space represents a geographic


    locale, when empty and not being designated
    Place is space is made or owned. It involves
    landscape,language,environment and culture
    agency is the capacity of individuals to act
    independently and to make their own free choices

    Subaltern Studies

    Started in England in the 1970s


    Developed from Gramscis theories of
    culture and class politics
    Ranajit Guha initiated the project
    1970s: focus on workers and peasant
    movement
    1980s: focus on resistance to state power
    1990s: influenced by poststructuralists

    Diaspora

    Explores a concept that helps migrants, scholars


    and social commentators to experience migration
    Return to homeland or homecoming is both literal
    and metaphorical
    (Vikram Seth, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chitra Banerjee
    Divakarunni)
    Bend it like Beckham, Namesake
    Acceptance
    Conflict

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