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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"postcolonial theory"”.
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The lens of postcolonial theory in LIS research and practice
… sustained critical thought, the study turns to postcolonial theory (PCT). Guided by postcolonial discourses of representation, identity, and agency, the study analyzes literature in the field to identify problematic issues and discusses their implications.
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POSTCOLONIAL THEORY : ERASING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST
… widespread that it left a major impact on the postcolonial world. Assuming political, economic, and cultural superiority, the Western powers imposed their methods of governing system, economy, language and culture upon the colonized countries. Distinctions between European and non-European were …
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African liberation theologies : expressions of a decentred and embodied postcolonial christianity
… can be seen as expressing the ideas of postcolonial .theory and hence producing a decentred and embodied form of Christianity in the postcolonial context. Of course, today debate goes on as to whether or not African liberation theologies have largely died out as a theological tradition …
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Negotiating the ambivalent construction of 'coloured' identity, in relation to the work of Malika Ndlovu and the Cape Town-based Black Women's Writers Collective, WEAVE
… of their writings around 'Coloured' identity in postcolonial theory, in order to examine constructions of self and other. Chapter one introduces the reader to the Black woman writer, Malika Ndlovu and the collective Women's Education and Artistic Voice Expression (WEAVE), of which Malika Ndlovu …
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Ngugi wa Thiongo and third world postcolonialism
… the ambivalent traits of third world postcolonialism. Third world postcolonialism appears as an antithesis against the logical fallacy of the binary oppositions performed by the contemporary first world postcolonial theory and practice. The division between the first and the third …
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Postcolonial and Constructivist Theoretical Explanations of Women'S Traditional Agency In Sociopolitical Participation and Reproductive Rights In Present Day Mali and the Pilipinas
<p>Postcolonial and constructivist concepts can be applied in order to investigate how women's traditional sociopolitical agency in Mali and the Pilipinas has been impacted by colonization. The effects of colonization on women are something that traditional International Relations theories have not …
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International study visits and the promotion of intercultural capabilities: an exploratory study
… Drawing on perspectives from Bourdieu and postcolonial theory, analysis of the University policies on Internationalisation and Teaching and Learning revealed a variety of positions towards international study visits and interviews with Associate Deans of a Faculty explored how far these …
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They, Too Sing America : Braided Narratives About Immigrants and the American Dream
… culture. This work uses the vocabulary of Race theory and Postcolonial theory to offer a fuller understanding of the challenges that immigrants face when attempting to assimilate into the United States. Furthermore, this thesis uses both braided narratives and braided genres to examine three …
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Critical Content Analysis of Postcolonial Texts: Representations of Muslims within Children's and Adolescent Literature
… patterns based on a theoretical frame of postcolonial theory and the lens of cultural authenticity.The exploration of ideas focus on the following research questions related to children's and adolescent literature published and distributed in the US that depict Muslim cultures: What are …
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"Old Cod": The Power of Storytelling in Conor McPherson's <em>The Weir</em>
… 1997 play <em>The Weir</em>. Drawing on postcolonial theory as well as the historical context of Ireland during the play’s release, I argue that <em>The Weir</em> is uniquely positioned at the intersection of traditional and modern values. Further, I assert that fairy legend is a tool …
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'Travelling Tales' : American (re)constructions of South Africa and Africa through study abroad in Cape Town
Postcolonial theory has been critiqued for essentializing the North and being too theoretical. Yet it has also been described as essential for the ongoing decolonization of our world. Scholars in a range of disciplines have therefore suggested the need to 'examine specific practices and devises in …
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Friend, Foe, or Other? Monsters and Identity on the Odyssean Sea
… of the ancient Mediterranean. Further, using postcolonial theory, this study attempts to understand how the various maritime oddities within the Odyssey give form to the trauma and cultural ambiguity inherent in ancient sea travel. Finally, this thesis explores how Odysseus successfully adapts …
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Creating Aotearoa through Discourse: Language and Character in Keri Hulme's The Bone People
… at Keri Hulmes novel The Bone People as a postcolonial text. The beginning will explore the current conversations taking place about the importance of language(s) within texts that are deemed postcolonial as they relate to Hulmes novel which is written in both Maori and English. Other …
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'A Moment of Magic': Coyote, Tricksterism, and the Role of the Shaman in Rudolfo Anaya's Sonny Baca Novels
… of colonial and neo-colonial violence. Tracing postcolonial theory, border studies, and contemporary discussions of trickster figures in Native cultures, this study argues that Anaya confronts both the genre expectations of the detective novel and the implicit racism and discrimination that …
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Blackouts made visible : a visual-textual analysis of Sarah Glidden's comics journalism
… reads Rolling Blackouts through the lens of postcolonial theory, analyzing the way Glidden brings journalistic abstractions into contact with messy representational realities of transnational and interpersonal power imbalances. Glidden is particularly concerned with refugees created by …
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The paradoxical co-existence of submissiveness and subversiveness in the theology of Yu-Ming Jia
… aims to study Yu-ming Jia’s theology from a postcolonial perspective. Yu-ming Jia (1880-1964) is a conservative Protestant theologian who was actively engaged himself in Chinese protestant churches and theological education during the first half of the 20th century. It was seen that he …
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The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa
… the persistence of religion in colonial and postcolonial narratives of confinement and exclusion. I begin by first exploring the history of religion in relation to colonial representations of Africa(ns) as savage and, situating the narratives of confinement and exclusion in the context of …
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Understanding father involvement in the education of learners with intellectual disabilities in a special school in Kenya: a case study
… disability studies in education, masculinity and postcolonial theory. The field of disability studies in education focuses on the application of the social model of disability in an education context. The theories of masculinity look at the social construction of the male identity, and the …
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POST-COLONIAL DISLOCATION AND AMNESIA: A CURE FROM MOLEFI KETE ASANTE'S AN AFROCENTRIC MANIFESTO
… authors and theorists. While current postcolonial theory seems to be at stake with operationalizing many of its terms and concepts, the application of Afrocentric methods can help answering severe allegations raised by a number of critics against this discourse. Issues concerning …
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Branded band-aids on broken legs: a relational critique of the randomised controlled trial's approach to poverty
… from the insights of Marxist, feminist, and postcolonial theory to present an anti-essentialist approach to poverty. By critically examining two RCT-implemented poverty programmes in Bangladesh, this study shows that the RCT approach to poverty relies on a modified neoclassical theoretical …
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