Post-structuralism

Homi Bhabha‘s work transformed the study of colonialism by applying post-structuralist methodologies to colonial texts. He used the term ‗difference‘ for works of many distinct writers. So he explores and extends the relevance of post-structuralism for cultural difference. Bhabha states that the domination of the colonized depends on the assertion of difference: the colonized are inferior to the colonizers. Bhabha also believes that the colonial authority knows that this supposed difference is…

Introduction: “The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These 17 Goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals, while including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities. The goals are interconnected — often the key to success on…

In the contemporary approach to literature and culture there is an opening of a new way of thinking about old concept by rethinking of sex, gender and sexuality. It assumes that sexual identity is fluid not fixed and critiques gender and sexuality. Sex and gender do not mean the same. Sex is the biological or anatomical construction that defines between the male and the female. Gender is often regarded to be the natural or innate expression of biological sex. A female is gendered feminine and a…

This book offers an explanation of Edward Said 's evaluation of contemporary society by stressing the religious/secular division. Hart argues that this division is equally factual and metaphorical: It addresses spiritual and worldly customs, but also allegories that broaden the connotation and position of faith and secularism in an undetermined manner. Incorporating reviews and critiques of Said will help me present a rounded, unbiased view of his work within my dissertation. In this article,…

Both Symbolic anthropology and Postmodern Anthropology had huge effects on the theory and practice of anthropology in the 60’s and 70’s. Beginning with symbolic anthropology and moving through he post-modern movement we see from the work of anthropologists such as Geertz that these movements created major challenges for anthropological theory and practice. In this essay I will Firstly debate the challenges that symbolic anthropology and postmodernism posed to anthropological theory and then…

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name is a semi-autobiography and semi post-modern post structuralism fiction. It is an elegant, however strange, mixture with metaphorical, mythic and fictional story lines. As a black author, Audre Lorde presents the story as a semi self-reflection of the inception of black lesbianism in the modern era. Although the vivid depiction of hetero-sexual and homo-sexual encounters is border-lined with exotics, this book is not intentioned to promote either promiscuity or…

Interactionism Interactionism is a theory that is based on social communication, as it promotes the idea that nothing in society is determined and that people can break free from the label as an individual. Interactionism is also known as symbolic interactionism. Two of the main key workers for interactionism is Mead who was born in 1962 and the other main key worker was Bulmer, who was born in 1962, they both participate at the same university, which is in Chicago. It looks and states at…

analyses Sherry Ortner's position on the difficulties related to gender analysis and on those theoretical tools used by the anthropological thought of the feminists in the 70s. It is here highlighted the struggle of contextualizing her work with structuralism and universalism, the role of agency, and the question of female subordination: is there a universal dichotomy between man-female as there is between nature and culture? According to Henrietta L. Moor, all researches made on those years…

critiques the modernity mainly its coloniality together with its eurocentric perspective. However, Mignolo does not apply post-colonial theory as his starting point. He proposes a relatively new concept which is decolonial thinking. With this concept, he draws a distinction line and distance separating it from post-colonial theory as well as postmodernism. According to Mignolo, the post-colonial theory derived just after the end of British colonization in India and Egypt. It is voiced by the…

announcement that folklore has never ceased to adapt, even if the subject matter has become vastly unfamiliar. I find that the concept is not too foreign from initiatory acts found in some fairy tales, and certainly through the scope of Russian Structuralism during the 19th century. Compared to all these, one can see that The Walking Dead presents a showcase of human within decadent rebirth, where death and life become a synonymous occurrence in everyday life, and much like fairy tales provides…