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Contents
Contents
What and Where is Post-colonial Theory?
· Reading List 1
· Theory links 1
· Fanon
· Reading List 2
· Theory links 2
· Edward Said
· Hybridity
· Ethnicity
· Location
· Reading List 3
· Links 3
· Reading list 4
· Links 4
· Main Website Links Section
What and Where is Post-colonial TheoryWhat and Where is Post-colonial Theory
The inquiry into the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence with the Metropolitan
Police’s admission of institutionalised racism, the defamatory and near racist
language used by both sides of the political divide over the issue of asylum
seekers and refugees, and the appalling and terrifying spectre of extreme right-
wing domestic terrorism are just some of the news stories of the last few years
which have thrown into sharp relief the debates which surround issues such as
racism, nationalism, national identity, immigration, the continuing legacies of
western colonial, imperial histories and the nature of society in multi-cultural
urban areas.
Much of the most exciting, challenging and thought-provoking work in the fields
of visual arts and literature has been focused on precisely such issues, be it from
established and successful artists such as Chris Opili, Yinke Shonebare, and
Zadie Smith, to less well known artists such as John Nassari, Ming Wong and
others featured in this site.
In Arts and Humanities Departments in Universities throughout the world such
issues and concerns have been theorised, discussed, debated and disseminated
under the category of Post-colonial Theory. This site aims to provide a resource
for students, artists, writers and researchers interested in finding out more about
this exciting but difficult area of cultural and critical theory. It aims to introduce
some of the key arguments and issues and will feature some of the most
important figures in the field, whilst at the same time acknowledging that, in
attempting to be a