Articulating a World of Difference
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The Europeans landed in Africa armed with notions of their cultural superiority and manifest destiny, as endowed by both religion and science, and settled down to the systematic colonization and devastation of Africa, using technology. This article calls for vigilance vis-�-vis terms and...
- The Paradox of Cultural Globalization: Deterritorialization or Reterritorialization? Want, Lily // ICFAI Journal of English Studies;Jun2008, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p63
Despite the development of a global telecommunication infrastructure such as the Internet and communication satellites that have, needless to say, increased the flow of information between geographically remote locations and done away with the politics of boundaries in order to disseminate a...
- Unity in Biodiversity?--Reinventing Nation and Nature in Australia. DAVISON, AIDAN // Social Alternatives;2010 Third Quarter, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p7
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- The King of Shreds and Patches: The Sportsman in Postcolonial Culture. Nobbs, Jade // International Journal of the Humanities;Dec2007, Vol. 5 Issue 7, p21
The process of globalisation follows many paths. It begins with the voyages of discovery; it continues with the expansion of global communication networks. Another crucial but often under-appreciated facilitator of the process of globalisation is organised sport, which was disseminated along...
- Postcolonialism, Children, and their Literature. Hashemy, Sayed Ahmad; Hayati, Daryoosh; Amiri, Eisa // E-proceedings of the International Online Language Conference (I;2011, Vol. 2, p63
This essay discusses whether the term "Postcolonialism" is applicable to the study of children literature or not. As it is clear postcolonialism is regarded as the need, in nations or groups which have been victims of imperialism, to achieve an identity uncontaminated by universalist or...
- British Soil: Repeat, Multiply, Address. Phillips, John // Postcolonial Cultures & Literatures: Modernity & the (Un)Commonw;2002, p40
A chapter of the book "Postcolonial Cultures & Literature: Modernity & the (Un)Commonwealth" is presented. It considers the construction of the British identities by focusing on the level of address where it is possible to show that British identity could ever have been achieved without damage...
- Introduction: A Convivial Critical Democracy. Ashcroft, Bill // Cross / Cultures: Readings in the Post / Colonial Literatures in;2012, Vol. 145, preceding p1
The article discusses the condition of the post-colonial studies in the 21st century. It explores the meaning and concept of post-colonial theory, which investigates and develops propositions about the cultural and political impact of the European invasion upon colonized societies. It also notes...
- Beyond Postcolonial Theory/Postcolonial Theory...(Book Review). Allen, Chadwick // Research in African Literatures;Fall2000, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p187
Reviews the books `Beyond Postcolonial Theory,' by E. San Juan Jr., `Postcolonial Theory: Contexts, Practices, Politics,' by Bart Moore-Gilbert and `Culture, Globalization and the World-System: Contemporary Conditions for the Representation of Identity,' edited by Anthony D. King.
- Towards a Richer Understanding of Cultural Complexity: Examining Diversity and Cultural Identity within Tertiary Teacher Education. Carter, Carol Helene // International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities;Sep2011, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p1
The research, on which this paper is based while strongly influenced by my South African background, is firmly located within an Australian tertiary teacher education context. Australia, with its varied population, is well placed demographically to be the site of my examination of diversity and...
