Post-Colonialism: Paul Gilroy (Representation)

Question 1

What does Gilroy say about the postcolonial era?

Answer 1

Colonial discourses continue to inform contemporary attitudes to race and ethnicity in the postcolonial era.

Question 2

What does Gilroy say about racial hierarchies?

Answer 2

Civilisation constructs racial hierarchies and sets up binary oppositions based on notions of otherness.

Question 3

Theory in a nutshell

Answer 3

Even though we no longer have colonies, the representation of these groups is still affected by that time.

Question 4

What was colonialism?

Answer 4

When a group of people from a country such as the British Empire took over less developed lands to exploit and establish their own culture within the territory.