- "The critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism."
The study of the cultural, social, and political effects of colonialism and its legacy in the present day.
Colonialism and Imperialism: Study of the historical process of colonialism and imperial expansion and its impact on the colonized societies.
Orientalism: Investigation of the representation of non-western people and cultures in literature, media, and art, and the power dynamics of these representations.
Postcolonial Theory: Theoretical framework that addresses the social, cultural, economic, and political effects of colonialism, and analyzes the ways in which the colonized and colonizers interact with each other.
Hybridity: Study of cultural mixing and the ways in which cultures can be combined, transformed and redefined.
Diaspora: Exploration of the experiences of people who have been forced to migrate from their homeland due to political, economic, or social reasons.
Subalternity: Analysis of the political and social status of marginalized and powerless groups within society.
Nationalism and Post-nationalism: Study of the formation and transformation of nation-states and the impact of globalization on the concept of the nation-state.
Identity: Investigation of how individuals and groups identify themselves and the societal factors that impact identity formation.
Culture and Cultural Conflict: Study of cultural practices and traditions, and how they can lead to conflict within and across societies.
Intersectionality: Examination of the ways in which gender, race, class, and other social categories intersect to create unique forms of oppression and privilege.
Subaltern studies: This focuses on the perspectives and experiences of the marginalized groups of people under colonial rule and their resistance to it.
Feminist studies: This explores the ways in which gender intersects with colonialism and how women's experiences were often neglected or misrepresented in colonial discourse.
Queer studies: This examines the impacts of colonialism on gender and sexuality and how these categories have been constructed and regulated under colonial rule.
Ecocriticism: This looks at the ways in which colonialism has affected the natural environment and how environmental issues are often intertwined with larger systems of colonial domination and exploitation.
Postcolonial literature studies: This explores literature produced by writers from formerly colonized nations and how it reflects and responds to the legacies of colonialism.
Globalization studies: This examines the ways in which globalization has perpetuated and extended colonial systems of exploitation and inequality.
Orientalism studies: This critiques the ways in which Western discourses have constructed the so-called "Orient" as inferior and exotic, perpetuating a form of colonial domination.
Diaspora studies: This looks at the experiences of people who have been displaced from their original homelands due to colonialism and how they negotiate their new cultural identities.
Cultural studies: This examines the ways in which cultural practices and identities are constructed and reified under colonialism and how these practices are often subverted and transformed in resistant ways.
Postcolonial theory: This is a broader field that seeks to theorize the complexities and contradictions of colonialism, its impacts, and its legacies. It draws on a range of disciplines and theoretical frameworks to provide a comprehensive picture of the postcolonial condition.
- "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: