"Agency is the capacity of individuals to have the power and resources to fulfill their potential."
The capacity of individuals or groups to act autonomously and make their own choices, despite structural constraints.
Colonization: The historical process of European countries colonizing and exerting control over countries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Decolonization: The process by which former colonies gain independence and break free from colonial rule.
Cultural imperialism: The imposition of the dominant culture of a particular country or region on other countries and cultures.
Hybridity: The mixing of two or more different cultural or ethnic backgrounds resulting in a new culture or identity.
Subaltern: The term used to describe groups or individuals who are marginalized and excluded from the dominant culture and society.
Orientalism: The representation of the East as exotic, mysterious, and primitive by Western cultures in literature, art, and popular media.
Postcolonialism: The theoretical framework that focuses on the legacy of colonization, colonialism, and imperialism in literature and culture.
Nationalism: The loyalty and devotion to one's own country or ethnic group, often resulting in the exclusion and discrimination of others.
Resistance: The act of challenging and resisting dominant power structures and ideologies through various means, including literature, art, and activism.
Diaspora: The dispersion of people from their original homeland, often resulting from forced migration or exile.
Marginality: The state of being on the margins or periphery of society, often resulting in exclusion and unequal treatment.
Identity: The construction and negotiation of individual and collective identities in response to historical and cultural forces.
Race and ethnicity: The social construct of categorizing and differentiating people based on physical characteristics, cultural practices, and ancestry.
Gender and sexuality: The social construct of categorizing and differentiating people based on their biological sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
Postmodernism: The literary and cultural movement that challenges the idea of objective truth and questions the authority of dominant cultural narratives.
Globalization: The process of economic, social, and cultural integration and interconnectedness among different countries and regions of the world.
"Social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, ability, customs, etc."
"The influences from structure and agency are debated—it is unclear to what extent a person's actions are constrained by social systems."
"One's agency is one's independent capability or ability to act on one's will."
"The cognitive belief structure which one has formed through one's experiences, and the perceptions held by the society and the individual, of the structures and circumstances of the environment one is in and the position one is born into."
"Disagreement on the extent of one's agency often causes conflict between parties, e.g. parents and children."
"Social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, ability, customs, etc."
"Structure consists of those factors of influence that determine or limit agents and their decisions."
"It is unclear to what extent a person's actions are constrained by social systems."
"Agency is the capacity of individuals to have the power and resources to fulfill their potential."
"The cognitive belief structure which one has formed through one's experiences affects their agency."
"Disagreement on the extent of one's agency often causes conflict between parties, e.g. parents and children."
"Social class, religion, gender, ethnicity, ability, customs, etc."
"Structure consists of those factors of influence that determine or limit agents and their decisions."
"The influences from structure and agency are debated—it is unclear to what extent a person's actions are constrained by social systems."
"The perceptions held by the society and the individual, of the structures and circumstances of the environment one is in and the position one is born into."
"The perceptions held by society and the individual, of the structures and circumstances of the environment one is in, influence one's agency."
"The cognitive belief structure which one has formed through one's experiences affects their agency."
"The capacity of individuals to have the power and resources to fulfill their potential."
"Disagreement on the extent of one's agency often causes conflict between parties, e.g. parents and children."