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Post-Colonialisms (II). Strategies of Resistance. Post-Colonialism: Major Issues. Colonialisms Definition Orientalism & Lit. examples of Colonialism 2. Post-Colonialism: Resistance and Immigration A. Resisting colonialism/Constructing postcolonial identities through
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Post-Colonialisms (II) Strategies of Resistance
Post-Colonialism: Major Issues • Colonialisms • Definition • Orientalism & Lit. examples of Colonialism 2. Post-Colonialism: Resistance and Immigration A. Resisting colonialism/Constructing postcolonial identities through • Language, History and Identity Construction • Strategies: Separatism (Nativism), Re-Creation, Cultural Syncreticism, Mimicry, Active participation, Assimilation. • examples B.Diaspora and Globalization
Resistance and Constructing postcolonial identities • Language: reversing or confusing the language hierarchy • (I.) the use of Taiwanese, 客家話 • (II) mixing languages: (Three stages: Adopt, Adapt, Adept) e.g. “My Man Bovanne”
History: Re-Visioning • Re-writing: e.g. 《無言的山丘》《香蕉的天堂》 • Re-Visioning: 《阿爸的情人》、《悲情城市》、《戲夢人生》《好男好女》、《太平天國》、《高砂百合》等
Identity Separatism (Nativism), Integration, Active participation, Assimilation. Strategies Essentialist Construction Re-Creation, Cultural Syncreticism, Conscious Mimicry Mimicry Identity and Strategies Duality and Hybridity
Post-Structuralist + Post-Colonial Theoriesof Cultural Difference • Cultural Difference: with gaps and fissures in need of constant negotiation. • (Against Multiculturalism) • “Culture as a strategy of survival is both transnational and translational. ” (Homi Bhabha)
Post-Structuralist + Post-Colonial Theoriesof Mimicry and the Subaltern The Subaltern cannot speak (Spivak). Différance C center Colonial Mimicry: All the same but not quite-- Indian gentleman or Indian celebration of U.K.’s national day. Taiwanese Imitation of Madonna
Conscious Mimicry • Yong Soon Min Make Me, 1989
Conscious Mimicry/Parody • Ken Chu • I Need some More Hair Products (1988)
Post-Colonial Literature: Example (1) • “Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies” by Salman Rushdie • power relations among Ms. Rehana as a Tuesday woman, M. Ali, “lala” the British Consulate, and her fiance. • Ms. Rehana’s decision.
“My Man Bonvanne” • Toni Cade Bambara(1939 - 1995), author of “The Lesson” • the narrator, Miss Hazel Peoples • her language: Black English (ebonics) • her style: wig, cornrows
“My Man Bonvanne” • The setting? • Why does Miss Hazel dance so closely with Bonvanne? What role does she play in her relationship with Bonvanne? (p. 23 "Wasn't about tits.”; p. 26) • Her children’s disagreement and Ms. Hazel’s response (Task, Elo, and Joe Lee) • What does the last bathing ritual mean?