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Imperialism
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ideology of extending rule/ governeance of nation/empire over other peoples. Supports practice/
structures of colonialism. |
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Colonialism
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practice of political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power; system of unequal relationships. Spanish, portuguese, dutch, british, french.
reorganizes culture (religion/society) of the people. |
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Techniques of domination.
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-Military in often initial instances.
-mostly economic and political: unequal trade and psychological persuasion not force |
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Direct Rule
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Impose European frameworks of of government and social control(taxes, laws) train and educate indigenous persons to facilitate
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Indirect Rule
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govern through indigenous political structures and leaders (privileges and rights extended as long as they followed British rule).
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Anticolonial movements
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resistance-especially among those indigenous/ local people who have been educated. ex) Gandhian non-violence movement
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Postcolonialism
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Based in literary theory, anth contributers: Arjun Appadurai, Talal Asad, James Clifford etc.)
-Concerned with llocal impacts of colonial rule- in terms of socioeconomic status, politics, borders and identities. points ahead ex) neo-colonialism. |
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Orientalism
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author Edward Said: speaks of how Asians are stereotyped as "the Orient" fix "natives" in passive, exoticizing and ineffectual stereotypes.
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Negritude
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importance of black, pan-african identity in resisting colonialism and racial oppresion
colonialism a violent phenomenon that attempts to deny humanity of all colonized peoples |
