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This chapter will start by exploring the relationship between postcolonial and feminist theories. Immediately afterward, we will grapple with the complicated question of the definition of postcolonialism. After recalling Gramsci’s influence on postcolonial theorists, the text will clarify the meaning of ten basic concepts in postcolonial studies: Double colonization, imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism, new imperialism, anticolonialism, decolonization, abrogation, appropriation, and third-world woman.
A section will be dedicated to Du Bois, Fanon, and Nkrumah.
Subsequently, the text will present three prominent postcolonial theorists: Said, Bhabha, and Spivak. Said’s contrapuntal reading method, Bhabha’s concept of mimicry, and Spivak’s concept of subaltern will be explained with easy-to-understand examples.
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Orsini, A. (2024). Postcolonial Theory. In: Sociological Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52539-1_16
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