- "The critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism."
The historical and ongoing impacts of colonization on the lives and experiences of people of color, and the ways in which postcolonial theory seeks to challenge and resist these legacies.
Definition and origins of colonialism: Explores what colonialism is and how it started, typically in the context of European colonization of Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
Colonialism and power: Investigates how power structures were established during colonization and how they continue to affect postcolonial societies.
Colonialism and capitalism: Examines the economic motives behind colonialism and how it contributed to the rise of capitalism, as well as how these systems still interrelate.
The colonial encounter: Analyzes the interactions between colonial powers and colonized peoples, including the impact of cultural differences, language barriers, and unequal power dynamics.
Resistance and decolonization: Looks at how resistance movements arose and contributed to the decolonization process, including examples such as India, Algeria, and Ghana.
Neocolonialism: Investigates how former colonial powers continue to exert control over their former colonies, often through economic means.
Postcolonialism: Defines postcolonialism and explores how it emerged as a critical theory to analyze the ongoing impact of colonialism and imperialism in the contemporary world.
Race and colonialism: Explores how colonialism and racialization are intertwined, from the creation of racial categories to the ways in which they are used to justify colonialist practices.
Colonialism and gender: Examines how colonialism affected gender roles and expectations, both for colonized peoples and for the colonizers themselves.
Colonial cultures: Investigates how cultural forms, practices, and traditions were impacted by the colonial experience, both in terms of cultural transmission and hybridization.
Representations of colonialism: Analyzes how colonialism has been represented in literature, media, and popular culture and the impact these representations have had on our understandings of colonialism and its aftermath.
Globalization and postcolonialism: Explores how the forces of globalization have intersected with postcolonial theories and practices, both positively and negatively.
Postcolonialism and the environment: Examines how colonialism and postcolonialism have affected the environment and how environmental issues intersect with postcolonial concerns.
Postcolonialism and development: Looks at how development strategies have perpetuated and reinforced colonial power dynamics, as well as alternative models of development that are more attuned to postcolonial realities.
Postcolonialism and education: Investigates the ways in which colonialism and postcolonialism have impacted education systems, pedagogies, and curricula, and the potential for transformative education to address postcolonial concerns.
Settler Colonialism: This involves the occupation and settlement of a territory by a group of people from another region or country.
Internal Colonialism: This occurs when a group within a society is discriminated against, exploited, or oppressed by another group within that same society.
Neo-colonialism: This refers to the indirect and subtle control exerted by colonizing nations over former colonies through economic, social, and political policies.
Cultural Colonialism: This involves the imposition of the dominant culture of the colonizer on the colonized, leading to the erasure or marginalization of indigenous cultures and practices.
Postcolonial Feminism: This branch of postcolonialism focuses on the ways in which the intersection of gender, race, and class have impacted women in postcolonial societies.
Globalization and Postcolonialism: This field of study examines the effects of globalization on the political, economic, and cultural landscape of postcolonial societies.
Environmental Postcolonialism: This area of study looks at the environmental impact of colonialism and postcolonialism, particularly on indigenous communities.
- "The impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands."
- "The 1960s."
- "Scholars from previously colonized countries."
- "The lingering effects of colonialism."
- "Critical theory analysis."
- "The history, culture, literature, and discourse of (usually European) imperial power." Quotes from the paragraph: