Post-Colonialisms教学讲解稿件.ppt

Post-Colonialisms (II)(Post-)Colonial Identities and Strategies of Resistance1. Colonialism, Orientalism and Racism 3. Nation and Narration] Starting QuestionsAny questions about your readings? What have you learned so far re. colonialism and postcolonialism? OutlineA Review and Overview Colonial Identities Postcolonial Identities Post-Colonialism: A Review and Overview Colonialisms RacismDefinitions Cultural Imperialism (Orientalism) examplesRacism –Stereotypes (chap 4 p. 208-); Containment and Appropriation. (chap 4 p. 94) ? Colonial Identities: The Tempest e.g. Prospero, Caliban, Ariel and Miranda Mimicry and the Subaltern 2. Post-Colonial Identities Starting with The Tempest Language History Identity ConstructionStrategies Examples of ‘identity politics’ Race: DefinitionAre racial attributes (e.g. what being a “Chinese” means) naturally born, or socially acquired?The classification of humans into races is now widely regarded as arbitrary from a biological viewpoint because actual genetic differences between racial groups are trivial. However, racial groups are real in a sociological sense insofar as people with different skin colour, etc., are commonly treated differently. (/ppp/ch09.ppt) In other words, race is now not ‘essentially’ defined, but more of a social-historical construction. ? strategic use of essentialism (3: 214) or ethnicity (4: 195) Race: Different definitionsnew racism -- involves the belief that the races are inherently different from one another in a cultural and behavioural sense, and problems result when they try to live together. (textbook chap 4 --94)Different definitions of race in different nations; e.g. race related to nationality in UK and in Taiwan, but not in the U.S. Subtler forms of racism: containment and appropriation. Colonial Texts/Identities and their RevisionsMajor Texts frequently revised: The Tempest, --17th c. –usurpation and abandonment; (Caliban)Robinson Crusoe – 18th c. –a colony established (Fr