ENGL 3680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Postcolonialism, Natural Resource
15 Sep 2016
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Colonialism: canada may not be controlled by britain anymore, but we are still colonial with our native populations. Postcolonial criticism bears witness to the unequal and uneven forces of cultural representation involved in the contest for political and social authority within the modern world order. Political & social authority = unwritten rules in society. Women can legally be topless, but this is still socially frowned upon. Old men are looked to have more authority than younger women even if both have the same education level/job position. Postcolonial perspectives emerge from the colonial testimony of third world countries and discourses of "minorities" within the geopolitical divisions of east and west, north and south. Challenges the normal ideas of how the nation receives its identity and what its identity is. Those who travel to other countries to begin colonies. Those who had already inhabited the land before contact with the.
