HISP 437 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Serialization, Totalitarianism, Midbrain Tectum

• School: McGill University
• Department: Hispanic Studies
• Course: HISP 437
• Professor: Fernanda Macchi

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Identity as european creates inherent privilege, even if not aware of it at moment: not up to colonial-by being european, becomes colonizer, born into it (parents are colonizers) or na ve. Immigrant (comes to land) vs. colonist by birth: privilege the same, colonies: mediocracy, ordinary, man comes in hopes of finding treasure/neve leaves, accepts system because favors him/ignores poverty and inequality. Contradiction: colo(cid:374)ized do(cid:374)(cid:859)t a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept (cid:272)ha(cid:396)it(cid:455) of colonizers, contradictory image of colonized, coward afraid of suffering yet brute, colonizer wants to remold colonized to justify image. Solution of colonized who accepts: assimilation- refused to him by colonists. Education: denied education all together or taught ways of colonizer language, culture, values, no communication between child to teacher and vice versa, schools creates duality: school of west vs. petrification of family xiii. Explain othe(cid:396)s i(cid:374) te(cid:396)(cid:373)s of o(cid:449)e o(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:859)s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)est: middle class, suffers most from bilingualism. I(cid:374)telle(cid:272)tual li(cid:448)es i(cid:374) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)al a(cid:374)guish (cid:894)(cid:272)olo(cid:374)ize(cid:396)(cid:859)s la(cid:374)guage a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)te(cid:396)a(cid:272)t with colonizers)