Theoretical Encounters: Postcolonial Studies in East Asia
Postcolonialism has grown from a minor branch of English literary studies applied to the decolonising movements of the British Empire in the 1950s to a term increasingly applied to various legacies of exploitation, exclusion and discrimination around the world. As globalisation is recognised as a co...
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| Language: | English |
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The International Academic Forum
2013-05-01
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| Series: | IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship |
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| Online Access: | https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-literature-and-librarianship/volume-2-issue-1/article-1/ |
| Summary: | Postcolonialism has grown from a minor branch of English literary studies applied to the decolonising movements of the British Empire in the 1950s to a term increasingly applied to various legacies of exploitation, exclusion and discrimination around the world. As globalisation is recognised as a contemporary form of cultural and economic imperialism, and as world literature and the global circulation of media make available voices from hitherto under-represented peoples, postcolonial studies has become a many-headed beast. While South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and South-East Asia (former British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish colonies) are represented in the field, East Asia remains under-explored. This essay applies postcolonial precepts to minority communities in Japan, particularly the indigenous Ainu, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of applying the postcolonial framework to a non-European setting. |
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| ISSN: | 2187-0608 2187-0608 |