Monday, 20 January 2014

Post colonialism

Post colonialism- Race, Ethnicity and Stereotype
colonialism normally refers to a period of history from the 19th and 20 century when people from Europe built colonies on other countries. The reason for the practise of colonialism at the time include:
-The profits to be make
-To expand the power of the coloniasing
-To escape persecution by the coloniasing country
-To convert the indigenous population to the colonists religion

There are four more common characteristics of colonialism
1-Political and legal domination over a alian society
2- Relation of economics and political dependence
3-Exploitation between imperial powers and the colony
4-Racial and culture inequality

Ruled countries: China, Indian(Jewel in the crown), Carribiean, Africa, Kenya

Post colonialism may seek to challenge or undermine the westurn way of thinking. Often, previously colonised places are homegenized in westurn discover under an umberalla label such as the third world.

Key Theorists-
Alvarado (1987)-exotic, dangerous, humorous, pittied


Frantz Fanon quotes Black skin, white masks
in the carribbean, black slaves were allowed to dress up in which masks and mock their masters
"putting on the white mask"
He explores what goes through the minds of the blacks and whites under the condition of the dominant white culture.
Infantilize- such as the cute children of the charity poster


Post colonialism- in the 19th and early 20th century Britain and other European powers held colonial empires in Africa, Asia and South American. These colonial were build with often profits of slavery and the exportation of the natural resources. Post colonialism expresses the importance of the cultural, economic, political, and military dominance of the past.

Orientalism
 Edward Said (1995) introduced this concept. 
This perspective implies the East and Orient China, Japan are representations of both fear and fascination.


Diaspora
This identity is the result of forced or voluntary migration.
People experience a sense of belonging culture which is other to the dominate culture of the country of residence.

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