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7/21/2019 Subaltern Ppt
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Post
-
colonialism
, Subaltern,
Diasporaand Globalization
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Imaginary Identifications
Post colonialism
Subaltern Studies
Diaspora
Multiculturalism
Globalization
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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
.
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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)
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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
-
fulfillthe needs of the master)
Homogenization or stereotyping
stripped of all individuality
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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
)
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Key Terms Post-colonialism study of the effects of
colonialism/how did European nationsconquer and the responses of thesecountries
An initial awareness of the social,psychological and cultural inferiority
Enforced by being in a colonized state
The struggle for ethnic, cultural andpolitical autonomy
A growing awareness of cultural overlapand hybridity
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Key terms
Ambivalence mixed reactions Alterity the state of being different
politically, culturally, linguistically
Agency agency is the capacity ofindividuals to act independently and tomake their own free choices
Essentialism the essence of whatness
of something North IndianSouth Indianetc.
Hegemony Power of the ruling class toconvince other classes that their interestsare the interests of all.
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Key Terms
Mapping Mapping of global spaces. Mapsused as markers to assist the process ofaggression, boundaries, to establish
claims Metanarrative a large cultural story that
seeks to explain within its borders all thelittle local narratives
Nation/nation-state an aggregation ofpeople organized under a singlegovernment/interests are geo-economic.
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Key Terms
Nation/nation-state Nationalinterest is associated with a strugglefor independent, ethnic and cultural
identity
Race the division and classificationof human beings by physical and
biological characteristics (often usedto denote power eg. White mansburden, the Nazis and the Jews)
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Key Terms
Semiotics a system of signs which one knowswhat something is. Cultural semiotics oftenprovide the means by which a group defines itself
Space/Place space represents a geographiclocale, when empty and not being designated
Place is space is made or owned. It involveslandscape,language,environment and culture
agency is the capacity of individuals to act
independently and to make their own free choices
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Subaltern Studies
Started in England in the 1970s
Developed from Gramscis theories ofculture and class politics
Ranajit Guha initiated the project
1970s: focus on workers and peasantmovement
1980s: focus on resistance to state power 1990s: influenced by poststructuralists
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Diaspora
Explores a concept that helps migrants, scholarsand social commentators to experience migration
Return to homeland or homecoming is both literaland metaphorical
(Vikram Seth, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chitra BanerjeeDivakarunni)
Bend it like Beckham, Namesake
Acceptance Conflict