Of Mimicry and Man
The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20079019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Homi K Bhabha, Homi Κ Bhabha (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 53-59 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Postcolonial Studies Dictionary (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781119118589.ch3 |
| OpenAlex | W4247099510 |
| ISBN | 9781119118589 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “C”. Detailed explanation is provided for several terms, including cannibal, captivity narrative, cartography and catachresis. Each entry includes the origin of the term; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term's use in literary-cultural texts. Cannibalism in European discourses of travel and literature such as Montaigne's 16th-century essay On Cannibals served as the single most dominant marker of all things primitive and pagan. One of the two groups of people central to European constructions and encounters with the Caribbean Islands since the age of Columbus, the Caribs were always seen in contrast with the pastoral Arawaks. Colonial discourse drew upon a medieval cartography of the earth wherein monsters inhabited the regions outside the borders of the known world
Archaeology · Art · Cannibalism · Colonialism · Epistemology · Ethnology · Geography · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Mimicry · Narrative · Postcolonialism (international relations) · Sociology · Ecology · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy · Travel Writing and Literature
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |