A PASSAGE TO INDIA : POST COLONIAL THEORY

Marginalisation
- an economic theory that
the value of a product
depends on its value to
final consumer. ( The Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition, 2006, p. g 913)

Segregration
- to set apart, to seclude, to isolate
the group apart. ( The Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition, 2006, p. g 1386)
Decentralise p
-to withdraw from the centre, to transform by transferring functions from a central government, organisation, authority or head to smaller local centres ( The Chambers Dictionary, 10th edition, 2006, p.g 389)

What is colonialism?
- An extension of a nations rule over territory beyond its borders.
- A population that is subjected to the political domination of another population.

What is 'post' in post colonialism?
- considering 'post' is a prefix meaning after colonisation.

Post colonial criticism
- A set of theoretical and critical strategies used to examine The culture, literature, politics, history of former colonies.
- Post-colonial theory deals with the reading and writing of literature written in previously or currently colonised countries,or literature written in colonising countries which deals with colonisation or colonised peoples.
- it embraces no single method or school.

POST COLONIALISM

• Questions the effect of empire
• Raises issues such as racism and exploitation
• Assesses the position of the colonial or post colonial subject
• Offers a counter narrative to long tradition of european imperial narratives

What is postcolonialism?
Postcolonial theory attempts to focus on the oppression of those who were ruled under colonisation.
Factors include:
*political oppression
*economic
*social/cultural oppression
*psychological oppression

How was the colonised oppressed?
Post colonial theorist believe that the colonisers ( generally europeans)
Imposed their own values onto those colonised so that they were internalised.

Post colonial theorist
Edward Said
*moved colonial discourse into the first world academy and into literary and cultural theory
- was also vey influential in third world universities
- coined the term 'orientalism' describing the binary between the orient and the occident