Flashcards: Understanding Postcolonialism and Colonial Legacies — 20 cards

Postcolonialism — definition?

An umbrella field studying colonialism’s effects today.

Postcolonial studies — focus?

Academic research on colonialism’s past and present impacts.

Postcolonial literature(s) — role?

Creative writings related to colonial experiences.

Postcolonial criticism — purpose?

Analyzing literary works for meaning and significance.

Colonial legacy — meaning?

Persistent political, economic, social, racial, cultural effects.

Postcolonialism — scope?

Ideas, practices, and texts about colonialism’s ongoing influence.

Postcolonialism — starting period?

Began in the 1980s as a distinct academic field.

Postcolonial world debate — key issue?

Whether neocolonialism continues colonial dominance after independence.

Settler colonies — example?

Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland.

Indigenous dispossession — effect?

Displacement and marginalization of native peoples.

British Atlantic expansion — phase?

Driven by military, economic, religious motives.

Slave trade abolition — year?

1807 with the Slave Trade Act.

Slavery abolition — year?

1834 with the Slavery Abolition Act, finalized in 1838.

British Raj — period?

1858 to 1947, direct rule over India.

Indian Rebellion of 1857 — significance?

Led to direct Crown control and strengthened colonial rule.

Inter-war policy — focus?

Maintaining influence, managing independence movements.

Decolonization — regions?

Africa and the Caribbean.

Orientalism — core idea?

Western construction of the East as static and inferior.

Otherness — meaning?

Constructing the colonized as fundamentally different.

Achebe’s legacy — work?

Things Fall Apart, depicting Igbo life disrupted by colonialism.