Postcolonialism — definition?
An umbrella field studying colonialism’s effects today.
Postcolonial studies — focus?
Academic research on colonialism’s past and present impacts.
Postcolonial literature(s) — role?
Creative writings related to colonial experiences.
Postcolonial criticism — purpose?
Analyzing literary works for meaning and significance.
Colonial legacy — meaning?
Persistent political, economic, social, racial, cultural effects.
Postcolonialism — scope?
Ideas, practices, and texts about colonialism’s ongoing influence.
Postcolonialism — starting period?
Began in the 1980s as a distinct academic field.
Postcolonial world debate — key issue?
Whether neocolonialism continues colonial dominance after independence.
Settler colonies — example?
Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland.
Indigenous dispossession — effect?
Displacement and marginalization of native peoples.
British Atlantic expansion — phase?
Driven by military, economic, religious motives.
Slave trade abolition — year?
1807 with the Slave Trade Act.
Slavery abolition — year?
1834 with the Slavery Abolition Act, finalized in 1838.
British Raj — period?
1858 to 1947, direct rule over India.
Indian Rebellion of 1857 — significance?
Led to direct Crown control and strengthened colonial rule.
Inter-war policy — focus?
Maintaining influence, managing independence movements.
Decolonization — regions?
Africa and the Caribbean.
Orientalism — core idea?
Western construction of the East as static and inferior.
Otherness — meaning?
Constructing the colonized as fundamentally different.
Achebe’s legacy — work?
Things Fall Apart, depicting Igbo life disrupted by colonialism.
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