Post-Colonialisms (II) Strategies of Resistance
Post-Colonialism: Major Issues 1.Colonialisms – Definition – Orientalism & Lit. examples of Colonialism 2. Post-Colonialism: Resistance and Immigration A. Resisting colonialism/Constructing postcolonial identities through Language, History and Identity ConstructionLanguageHistoryIdentity Construction Strategies: Separatism (Nativism), Re- Creation, Cultural Syncreticism, Mimicry, Active participation, Assimilation.Strategies examples B. Diaspora and Globalization
Resistance and Constructing postcolonial identities Language: reversing or confusing the language hierarchy (I.) the use of Taiwanese, 客家話 (II) mixing languages: (Three stages: Adopt, Adapt, Adept) e.g. “My Man Bovanne”
History: Re-Visioning Re-writing: e.g. 《無言的山丘》《香蕉的天堂》 Re-Visioning: 《阿爸的情人》、《悲情 城市》、《戲夢人生》《好男好女》、 《太平天國》、《高砂百合》等
Identity and Strategies Identity Separatism (Nativism), Integration, Active participation, Assimilation. Strategies Essentialist Construction Re-Creation, Cultural Syncreticism, Conscious Mimicry Mimicry Duality and Hybridity
Cultural Difference: with gaps and fissures in need of constant negotiation. (Against Multiculturalism) “Culture as a strategy of survival is both transnational and translational. ” (Homi Bhabha) Post-Structuralist + Post-Colonial Theories of Cultural Difference
Post-Structuralist + Post-Colonial Theories of Mimicry and the Subaltern The Subaltern cannot speak (Spivak). C center Colonial Mimicry: All the same but not quite-- Indian gentleman or Indian celebration of U.K.’s national day. Taiwanese Imitation of Madonna Différance
Conscious Mimicry Yong Soon Min Make Me, 1989
Conscious Mimicry/Parody Ken Chu I Need some More Hair Products (1988)
Post-Colonial Literature: Example (1) “Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies” by Salman Rushdie power relations among Ms. Rehana as a Tuesday woman, M. Ali, “lala” the British Consulate, and her fiance. Ms. Rehana’s decision.
“My Man Bonvanne” Toni Cade Bambara ( ), author of “The Lesson” the narrator, Miss Hazel Peoples her language: Black English (ebonics) her style: wig, cornrows
“My Man Bonvanne” The setting? Why does Miss Hazel dance so closely with Bonvanne? What role does she play in her relationship with Bonvanne? (p. 23 "Wasn't about tits.”; p. 26) Her children’s disagreement and Ms. Hazel’s response (Task, Elo, and Joe Lee) What does the last bathing ritual mean?