POST-COLONIAL CRITICISM. ASSUMPTIONS Colonialism shapes the identities of colonized and colonizing people. Depends on the process of “othering”

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POST-COLONIAL CRITICISM

ASSUMPTIONS Colonialism shapes the identities of colonized and colonizing people. Depends on the process of “othering”

STRATEGIES How is the process of colonization represented? What images of “others” or processes of “othering” are present in the text? How are cultural conflicts between those in power and the traditional culture represented?

KEY CONCEPTS Othering: the assumption that those who are different from oneself are inferior Demonic other: view that those who are different from oneself are not only backward but also savage, even evil Exotic other: view that those who are different from oneself possess an inherent dignity and beauty, perhaps because of their more undeveloped, natural state of being

THE LION KING How can we view The Lion King from a Post-Colonial Criticism?