- "The critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism."
An intellectual and political movement focused on the legacy of colonialism and imperialism, and its continued impact on society and culture.
Imperialism: The practice of extending power and authority over a country, often for the purpose of exploiting its resources, people, and land.
Colonialism: The political and economic control of a territory by a foreign power.
Decolonization: The process of gaining independence or sovereignty from colonial rule.
Orientalism: The way in which the West has historically represented and constructed the East, often through stereotypes and generalizations.
Cultural Hybridity: The mixing of different cultural traditions, practices, and beliefs.
Diaspora: The dispersion of a people from their homeland to various locations around the world.
Nationalism: A political ideology that emphasizes the importance of national identity, sovereignty, and self-determination.
Globalization: The interconnectedness and integration of economies, cultures, and societies on a global scale.
Race and Ethnicity: The social constructs of race and ethnicity that have been used to create and enforce systems of power and privilege.
Gender and Sexuality: The ways in which patriarchy and heteronormativity have been used to regulate and control women and LGBTIQ+ communities in postcolonial societies.
Language and Power: The role of language in shaping cultural identity, social status, and power relationships.
Representation and Resistance: The struggle of postcolonial communities to represent themselves and their experiences accurately and to resist dominant narratives and structures of power.
Postcolonialism and Literature: The ways in which postcolonial literature provides insight into the lived experiences of postcolonial communities and examines the impact of colonialism and imperialism on culture and society.
Nationalist Postcolonialism: This approach of postcolonialism focuses on the liberation and the search for a national identity after colonization.
Feminist Postcolonialism: This approach focuses on gender and the way women are treated after colonization.
Diasporic Postcolonialism: This approach studies how people of various ethnicities and cultures seek to maintain their identity after they are displaced from their heritage lands due to colonialism.
Ecological Postcolonialism: This approach studies the ecological disruption and environmental injustice that happened due to colonialism.
Postcolonial Psychoanalysis: This approach studies how colonialism affects the human psyche and the resultant effect it has on postcolonial societies.
Postcolonial Geography: This approach looks at the relationship between colonization, historically contested terrains, and the shaping of postcolonial space.
Postcolonialism and Queer Theory: This approach looks at how intersectionality is shaped in postcolonial societies, with queer identities.
Postcolonial Globalization: This approach focuses on the economic, political, and cultural aspect of globalization and its effects on postcolonial countries.
Postcolonial Marxism: This approach analyzes the intersection of colonialism and capitalism on postcolonial societies.
Postcolonial Transnationalism: This approach looks at the sociocultural dynamics of the transnational movement and how postcolonial identity is constructed through migration.
- "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: