Colonialism and Cultural Identity: Crises of Tradition in the Anglophone Literatures of India, Africa, and the CaribbeanThis book examines the diverse responses of colonized people to metropolitan ideas and to indigenous traditions. Going beyond the standard isolation of mimeticism and hybridity—and criticizing Homi Bhabha's influential treatment of the former—Hogan offers a lucid, usable theoretical structure for analysis of the postcolonial phenomena, with ramifications extending beyond postcolonial literature. Developing this structure in relation to major texts by Derek Walcott, Jean Rhys, Chinua Achebe, Earl Lovelace, Buchi Emecheta, Rabindranath Tagore, and Attia Hosain, Hogan also provides crucial cultural background for understanding these and other works from the same traditions. |
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... Igbo against Yoruba in Nigeria , Catholic against Protestant in Ireland . It is the same politics of identity in each case , whether admitted or not . Of course , the effects are not confined to brute force . Often , cultural identity ...
... Igbo against Yoruba in Nigeria , Catholic against Protestant in Ireland . It is the same politics of identity in each case , whether admitted or not . Of course , the effects are not confined to brute force . Often , cultural identity ...
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... Igbo culture in gen- eral , and Igbo gender identity in particular . This distortion , though sometimes subtle , is so severe that it may undermine one's entire sense of purpose , one's entire imagination of a future life , and thus ...
... Igbo culture in gen- eral , and Igbo gender identity in particular . This distortion , though sometimes subtle , is so severe that it may undermine one's entire sense of purpose , one's entire imagination of a future life , and thus ...
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... Igbo , or whatever . In choosing literary works , I have for the most part confined myself to literature written in English . Gora , which was written in Bengali , is the only exception . This work treats the issue of cultural identity ...
... Igbo , or whatever . In choosing literary works , I have for the most part confined myself to literature written in English . Gora , which was written in Bengali , is the only exception . This work treats the issue of cultural identity ...
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... Igbos ) are , like the Europeans , settlers themselves , and not strictly indigenous to the place . Perhaps the most famous example of this general division is Ire- land . For centuries , the region of contact - and , for a long period ...
... Igbos ) are , like the Europeans , settlers themselves , and not strictly indigenous to the place . Perhaps the most famous example of this general division is Ire- land . For centuries , the region of contact - and , for a long period ...
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... Igbo culture in the interior Igbo villages . In contrast , the regions of high intensity contact ( e.g. , Lagos ) , develop two sorts of Cre- olized culture . Most obviously , indigenous culture is affected by metro- politan culture ...
... Igbo culture in the interior Igbo villages . In contrast , the regions of high intensity contact ( e.g. , Lagos ) , develop two sorts of Cre- olized culture . Most obviously , indigenous culture is affected by metro- politan culture ...
Contents
Afterword Socialism and the Politics of Otherness | 303 |
Appendix Analytic Glossary of Selected Theoretical | 317 |
Index | 337 |
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