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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Page xii
... common to all relevant regions , but at the same time I seek to articulate some of the broad differences between Africa , India , the Caribbean , and to a lesser extent Ireland . In relation to this , I pay particular attention to ideas ...
... common to all relevant regions , but at the same time I seek to articulate some of the broad differences between Africa , India , the Caribbean , and to a lesser extent Ireland . In relation to this , I pay particular attention to ideas ...
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... common across different cultures - empirically , normatively , experientially . Of course , one might make mistakes . One might slip into projection or absolutism . Or one might simply lie , refer- ring to projection or absolutism as ...
... common across different cultures - empirically , normatively , experientially . Of course , one might make mistakes . One might slip into projection or absolutism . Or one might simply lie , refer- ring to projection or absolutism as ...
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... common humanity and thus the shareable value of distinct instantia- tions . Respect for different cultures is not the antithesis of universal- ism , but a consequence of universalism . The point could be put differently - following ...
... common humanity and thus the shareable value of distinct instantia- tions . Respect for different cultures is not the antithesis of universal- ism , but a consequence of universalism . The point could be put differently - following ...
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... common figure in much postcolonization literature . On the other hand , this function is not confined to mixed - race people . It can be taken up by any race considered " closer " to being white . In Africa and the Caribbean , this role ...
... common figure in much postcolonization literature . On the other hand , this function is not confined to mixed - race people . It can be taken up by any race considered " closer " to being white . In Africa and the Caribbean , this role ...
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... common . For exam- ple , if all Yoruba share a particular ritual , then that ritual may be prac- ticed in the contact region , even when the Yoruba there are from differ- ent regions . However , suppose that , despite common abstract ...
... common . For exam- ple , if all Yoruba share a particular ritual , then that ritual may be prac- ticed in the contact region , even when the Yoruba there are from differ- ent regions . However , suppose that , despite common abstract ...
Contents
Afterword Socialism and the Politics of Otherness | 303 |
Appendix Analytic Glossary of Selected Theoretical | 317 |
Index | 337 |
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Abida Achebe African Afro-Caribbean Agbadi Antoinette Bhabha Binoy Bolo Bolo's Brahmo Brahmo Samaj British Caribbean castration child Christian collaborationism colo colonial colonialist common conflict contact culture course cultural identity death despair dharma dream economic Efuru Ego's Emecheta English Erzulie ethical European example explains father femininity gender girl Gora Gora's Hindu Hinduism Hosain human idea ideology Igbo Igbo society important Indian indigenous culture Isichei Ivan Morton killed Laila Lestrade literature living Makak marriage masculinity metonymy mimeticism mimeticist mimicry Moreover mother Moustique Nandi nativism Nnaife Nnu Ego novel Nwoye Obierika Ogoun Okonkwo one's oppression orthodox Paresh political postcolonization practical identity principles racial racist Rastafarians reactionary traditionalism reactionary traditionalist reflective identity region relation religion religious sense Sītā Śiva slave social sort Spiritual Baptists stereotypes stickfight structure Sucharita Tagore tion tradition ture Umuofia universal village Walcott white woman women Yoruba