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Showing 1 to 20 of 652 for “"Post-Colonial"”.
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Ethics and Responsibility of Post-Colonial Allyness
… past few centuries is the history of European colonialism. Colonialism was the conquest and control of geographies and populations through the structuration of capitalist economies and violent relationships with the colonized. Since decolonization, there have been many remnants of colonial …
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Imperial and Post-Colonial Identities:Zimbabwean Communities in Britain
… of ethno-racial identities in the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial phases of Zimbabwe’s history. With contemporary literature on the Zimbabwean communities in Britain tending to create perceptions that Zimbabwean immigrants are a monolithic community of Blacks, the thesis’ …
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French nationals in Montreal : post-colonial, transnational projects
… relationship with France as did the former colonials.
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Columbus' imaginary: A critique of post-colonial identity
… examines the construction and negotiation of post-colonial identity in everyday life. Specifically, it addresses the mechanisms and practices by which a community of immigrants to the U.S. from the Indian subcontinent comes to terms with its self-representation(s). The analysis uses …
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Embodying the nation: Post-colonial Irish women's fiction
"Irish literary criticism has long been interested in the politics of literature and its role in decolonizing Irish culture, but it has assumed such a strict separation between public and private that ""women's issues"" have not been considered political topics in Irish literary history and …
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Depoliticisation and Repoliticisation in Post-Colonial Indonesian Film Adaptations
… the depoliticisation and repoliticisation in post-colonial Indonesian film adaptations, primarily focusing on Blood and Crown of the Dancer (1983) and The Dancer (2011), the two adaptations of Ahmad Tohari’s novel The Dancer (1982). The investigation is motivated by a series of problems in …
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Ecocritical post-colonial studies on humans, land, and animals
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Creole identity: a post-colonial research in contemporary Mauritius
The highly stratified creole community in contemporary Mauritius is undergoing a significant ethnic identity crisis spurred by racialised divisions and class categorisations. This thesis specifically examines the residualisation of a persecuted creole sub-group, the ‘ti-creoles’ who have claimed …
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Dynamics of labor absorption in post-colonial peninsular Malaysia.
Thesis. 1979. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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French taste: food and national identity in post-colonial France
This dissertation examines representations of “French” and “foreign” food—in cookbooks and newspapers, TV cooking demonstrations and talk shows, state policies and political debates—and how these helped to redefine French national identity in the last third of the twentieth century. Focusing on how …
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Designing national identity : recent capitols in the post-colonial world
… is intimately connected to the search for a post-colonial "national identity." Part Two begins with this concept of "national identity," and stresses that what is put forth by government leaders and their architects as "n ational" most often contains significant biases towards preserving or …
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The Post-Colonial Christ Paradox: Literary Transfigurations of a Trickster God
Within English post-colonial literary studies, Christianity has often been characterized as principally a colonial imposition and, therefore, only modestly theorized as a post-colonial religion that lends itself to complex post-colonial literary renderings. However, the literary implications of …
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Confronting the Frankenstate: Solutions For the Post Colonial State in Africa
The United States has significant interests at stake on the continent of Africa. These interests are threatened by constant instability that plagues the continent. Ethnic wars are largely a result of the artificial borders left from the colonization of Africa. The resulting boundaries formed …
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Colonial architecture as heritage: German colonial architecture in post-colonial Windhoek
The rapid post-Independence development of the city of Windhoek, Namibia; and the ensuing destruction of a substantial number of German colonial buildings in the capital city, prompted speculation as to why these buildings are inadequately protected as heritage – and whether they are, in fact, …
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The Post-Colonial Noble Savage: A Study of Witi Ihimaera's Fiction
… into two parts. The first part, entitled “The Colonial Noble Savage”, identifies western literary and ethnographic texts that contain representations of indigenous peoples as Noble Eco-Savages. The second part, entitled “The Postcolonial Noble Savage”, analyses the different literary responses …
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Cultural production and identity in colonial and post-colonial Madras, India
… confluence of a search for 'Indianness' and the post-modern thought in architecture is a paradoxical aspect of the recognition of the autonomy of architecture. In the contemporary India, the search for a 'Tamil' identity, may be perceived as an attempt to create a distinct, regional identity as …
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Cassava, Coconut and Curry: Food and National Identity in Post-Colonial Fiji
<p>This thesis aims to explore the relationship between food, nationalism and national identity in the Fijian Islands. I argue that food provides an area in which an inclusive national identity has developed against a backdrop of division. By utilising the framework of imagined communities …
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Julius Nyerere's education for self reliance in Post-colonial Tanzania : a reconsideration
… rationale of the education system inherited from colonialism which perpetuated exploitation and underdevelopment in postcolonial Tanzania. The education system after Tanzania gained its political independence in 1961 did not sufficiently meet the needs and social objectives of Tanzanians. It was …
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Type II diabetes and the embodiment of development in post-colonial Belize
… food, labor, and health systems endemic to neo-colonial forms of development.
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