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-'''Postcolonialism''' or '''postcolonial studies''' is an [[academic discipline]] concerned with the [[cultural legacy]] of [[colonialism]] and [[imperialism]]. Postcolonialism speaks about the human consequences of external control and economic exploitation of [[native people]] and their lands. Drawing from [[postmodernism|postmodern]] schools of thought, postcolonial studies analyze the politics of knowledge (creation, control, and distribution) by examining the functional relations of [[Power (social and political)|social and political power]] that sustain colonialism and [[neocolonialism]]—the imperial regime's depictions (social, political, cultural) of the colonizer and of the colonized.+'''Postcolonialism''' or '''postcolonial studies''' is the academic study of the cultural legacy of [[colonialism]] and [[imperialism]], focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.
-As a genre of [[contemporary history]], post colonialism questions and reinvents the manner in which a culture is being viewed, challenging the narratives expounded during the colonial era. Anthropologically, it records human relations between the colonists and the peoples under colonial rule, seeking to build an understanding of the nature and practice of colonial rule. As a [[critical theory]], it presents, explains, and illustrates the ideology and practice of neocolonialism with examples drawn from [[history]], [[political science]], [[philosophy]], [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], and [[human geography]]. It also examines the effects of colonial rule on the cultural aspects of the colony and its [[feminism|treatment of women]], [[linguistics|language]], [[postcolonial literature|literature]], [[Postcolonial theology|Christian thought]], and humanity.+The name ''postcolonialism'' is modeled on [[postmodernism]], with which it shares certain concepts and methods, and may be thought of as a reaction to or departure from colonialism in the same way postmodernism is a reaction to [[modernism]]. The ambiguous term ''colonialism'' may refer either to a system of government or to an [[ideology]] or [[world view]] underlying that system—in general postcolonialism represents an ideological response to colonialist thought, rather than simply describing [[Decolonization|a system that comes after colonialism]]. The term ''postcolonial studies'' may be preferred for this reason.
 +Postcolonialism encompasses a wide variety of approaches, and theoreticians may not always agree on a common set of definitions. On a simple level, it may seek through [[Anthropology|anthropological]] study to build a better understanding of colonial life from the point of view of the colonized people, based on the assumption that the colonial rulers are [[Unreliable narrator|unreliable narrators]].
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 +On a deeper level, postcolonialism examines the [[Power (social and political)|social and political power]] relationships that sustain colonialism and [[neocolonialism]], including the social, political and cultural [[Narrative|narratives]] surrounding the colonizer and the colonized. This approach may overlap with [[contemporary history]] and [[critical theory]], and may also draw examples from [[history]], [[political science]], [[philosophy]], [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], and [[human geography]].
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 +Sub-disciplines of postcolonial studies examine the effects of colonial rule on the practice of [[Postcolonial feminism|feminism]], [[Postcolonial anarchism|anarchism]], [[postcolonial literature|literature]] and [[Postcolonial theology|Christian thought]].
==Literature of postcolonialism== ==Literature of postcolonialism==
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“For any European during the nineteenth century – and I think one can say this almost without qualification – Orientalism was such a system of truths, truths in Nietzsche’s sense of the word. It is therefore correct that every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was consequently a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric. Some of the immediate sting will be taken out of these labels if we recall additionally that human societies, at least the more advanced cultures, have rarely offered the individual anything but imperialism, racism, and ethnocentrism for dealing with "other" cultures.” -- Edward W. Said, Orientalism pp. 203-4

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Postcolonialism or postcolonial studies is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.

The name postcolonialism is modeled on postmodernism, with which it shares certain concepts and methods, and may be thought of as a reaction to or departure from colonialism in the same way postmodernism is a reaction to modernism. The ambiguous term colonialism may refer either to a system of government or to an ideology or world view underlying that system—in general postcolonialism represents an ideological response to colonialist thought, rather than simply describing a system that comes after colonialism. The term postcolonial studies may be preferred for this reason.

Postcolonialism encompasses a wide variety of approaches, and theoreticians may not always agree on a common set of definitions. On a simple level, it may seek through anthropological study to build a better understanding of colonial life from the point of view of the colonized people, based on the assumption that the colonial rulers are unreliable narrators.

On a deeper level, postcolonialism examines the social and political power relationships that sustain colonialism and neocolonialism, including the social, political and cultural narratives surrounding the colonizer and the colonized. This approach may overlap with contemporary history and critical theory, and may also draw examples from history, political science, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and human geography.

Sub-disciplines of postcolonial studies examine the effects of colonial rule on the practice of feminism, anarchism, literature and Christian thought.

Literature of postcolonialism

Foundation works

Postcolonial works of fiction

Contemporary Authors of Postcolonial Fiction

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