ENGL123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Terra Nullius, Sleeping Bag, Settler Colonialism
6 Dec 2015
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O written in the 1980s: settler colonialism: purpose of territorial occupation. Canada, usa, india, south africa, zimbabwe/rhodesia, australia, Seems to exploit or clear the land as well. Contradictory desire to have free independent government from the. Use resources from the metropole to contain and subdue indigenous metropole peoples. Haunted by anxiety about the dear that they will be overcome by dangerous and unknowable other . This fear is managed through segregationist legislation, practices of assimilations, or extermination: colonization are different from imperialism/empire. Colonization is actually moving in and imperialism control. Religion was a huge part of imperialism. With a sleeping bag: colonel-> coming in. The dark sunglasses-> can"t see his eyes. Looking for a certain kind of truth (relates to sight motif) Initially it seems like you can trust his narrator: later however it shows he lacks self knowledge-> untrustworthy narrator. On the one hand he seems like a good person.
