POST-COLONIALISM Flashcards
What is postcolonialism?
Regions that have seen a colonial power withdraw (India)
What is settler-colonialism?
Regions that have seen a colonial power withdraw to a devolved political system
Australia
What is Orientalism?
The concepts of ‘self, other and difference’ from colonial points of view
How were economies affected by colonialism?
Sugar plantations in the Caribbean and the slave trade
Average of 150 slaves per plantation
12 million entered the trade (Manning, 1992)
How were territories affected by colonialism?
Australia and the Mer People
-Terra Nullius colonisation of Australia
Indigenous law being implemented to save land
Huge implications for Mer people
How was culture affected by colonialism?
Canadian residential schools and the Indian act of 1876 (attendance was law)
Cultural genocide ‘kill the Indian, save the man’
30-60% of children died, with massive abuse
What is neo-colonialism?
The use of power to influence other countries, especially former colonies
