Monthly Archives for November 2013
The Aestheticization of Politics
It was really interesting to consider the weight behind the term “culture” as I went through the readings this week. I think today, when someone employs the term in casual conversation, listeners definitely relate it to, as Rivkin and … Continue reading Continue reading
The Aestheticization of Politics
It was really interesting to consider the weight behind the term “culture” as I went through the readings this week. I think today, when someone employs the term in casual conversation, listeners definitely relate it to, as Rivkin and … Continue reading Continue reading
Post – Colonialism
It is interesting to observe the terminologies that I came across this week’s reading. Colonialism, Post – colonialism, anti-colonial, and decolonizing………. Few years back in India when I was first introduced the term and read just the basic concept of … Continue reading → Continue reading
Imperialism, colonization, capitalism neocolonization and post colonial!
In this weeks reading, once again we are encountered with the difficulty of defining term and concepts. Like in other weeks this week there are many terms the main on is colonialism. I found the text by Ania Loomba to be very interesting because she starts by stating how the definition of colonialism is hard […] Continue reading
Imperialism, colonization, capitalism neocolonization and post colonial!
In this weeks reading, once again we are encountered with the difficulty of defining term and concepts. Like in other weeks this week there are many terms the main on is colonialism. I found the text by Ania Loomba to be very interesting because she starts by stating how the definition of colonialism is hard […]
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“Signs Taken For Wonders” — Hybridity and Resistance
For me it was the ambivalence of the language that caught my attention in this reading. Language can be, both, …
Anne McClintock -"post-colonialism" an evanescent concept
Reading the article on post colonialism by Anne McClintock an obvious question surfaces, and that is, when is post colonialism situated. An even more commonsense understanding would state that post colonialism follows colonialism. But McClintock cons… Continue reading
Anne McClintock -"post-colonialism" an evanescent concept
Reading the article on post colonialism by Anne McClintock an obvious question surfaces, and that is, when is post colonialism situated. An even more commonsense understanding would state that post colonialism follows colonialism. But McClintock cons… Continue reading
Redefining colonialism, imperialism and post-colonialism
It is interesting to see in this week’s reading both Ania Loomba and Anne McOintock devoted to rethinking and reconsidering the basic terms of colonial studies, by challenging the conventional definitions and clarifying the complexity within the terms. Ania Loomba started by a reiteration of the term “colonialism”, emphasizing on the historic spread of colonialism […] Continue reading
Col…imp…capitalism….Colimpcapitalism
I was very interested in how Loomba began her analysis. She started off with the definition of colonialism. As she mentioned, it didn’t refer to those inhabitants already there but the new comers, the ones that led to capitalism and changed the lives of many.
