Heather Bell
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207498
- eISBN:
- 9780191677694
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207498.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Much recent work on the history of colonial medicine argues that medicine was the handmaiden of colonial power and of capitalism. Highlighting the tenuousness of colonial power, this book challenges ...
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Much recent work on the history of colonial medicine argues that medicine was the handmaiden of colonial power and of capitalism. Highlighting the tenuousness of colonial power, this book challenges this interpretation through careful investigation of the complicated relationship between medicine, politics, and capital in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. It includes chapters on midwifery training and female circumcision, on health and racial ideology, and on the quest to find the yellow fever virus in East Africa.Less
Much recent work on the history of colonial medicine argues that medicine was the handmaiden of colonial power and of capitalism. Highlighting the tenuousness of colonial power, this book challenges this interpretation through careful investigation of the complicated relationship between medicine, politics, and capital in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. It includes chapters on midwifery training and female circumcision, on health and racial ideology, and on the quest to find the yellow fever virus in East Africa.
Wing Sang Law
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099296
- eISBN:
- 9789882206755
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099296.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This book provides an alternative lens for looking into Hong Kong's history by breaking away from the usual colonial and nationalist interpretations. Drawing on both English and Chinese sources, the ...
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This book provides an alternative lens for looking into Hong Kong's history by breaking away from the usual colonial and nationalist interpretations. Drawing on both English and Chinese sources, the author argues that, from the early colonial era, colonial power has been extensively shared between colonizers and the Chinese who chose to work with them. This exploration of the form of colonial power includes critical discussions of various cultural and institutional aspects, looking into such issues as education, language use, political ideologies, and other cultural and political concerns. These considerations permit the author to shed new light from a historical perspective on the complex and hotly debated question of Hong Kong identity. But it is not written just out of an interest in things of the past. Rather, the arguments of this book shed new light on some current issues of major relevance to post-colonial Hong Kong. The book makes critical use of post-colonial approaches, and demonstrates that Hong Kong is an important case for all interested in examining the colonial experience in East Asia.Less
This book provides an alternative lens for looking into Hong Kong's history by breaking away from the usual colonial and nationalist interpretations. Drawing on both English and Chinese sources, the author argues that, from the early colonial era, colonial power has been extensively shared between colonizers and the Chinese who chose to work with them. This exploration of the form of colonial power includes critical discussions of various cultural and institutional aspects, looking into such issues as education, language use, political ideologies, and other cultural and political concerns. These considerations permit the author to shed new light from a historical perspective on the complex and hotly debated question of Hong Kong identity. But it is not written just out of an interest in things of the past. Rather, the arguments of this book shed new light on some current issues of major relevance to post-colonial Hong Kong. The book makes critical use of post-colonial approaches, and demonstrates that Hong Kong is an important case for all interested in examining the colonial experience in East Asia.
A. W. BRAIN SIMPSON
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199267897
- eISBN:
- 9780191714115
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199267897.003.0006
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration, EU Law
This chapter gives an account of the structure and legal status of Britain's colonial empire in the post war period, and that of other European colonial powers. It considers the pressure for ...
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This chapter gives an account of the structure and legal status of Britain's colonial empire in the post war period, and that of other European colonial powers. It considers the pressure for international supervision, and British resistance to it, together with the justifications offered for colonialism. It discusses the relationship between the anti-colonial movement and the human rights movement, traces the evolving practice of the United Nations, and concludes with an account of the less defensible aspects of British colonialism.Less
This chapter gives an account of the structure and legal status of Britain's colonial empire in the post war period, and that of other European colonial powers. It considers the pressure for international supervision, and British resistance to it, together with the justifications offered for colonialism. It discusses the relationship between the anti-colonial movement and the human rights movement, traces the evolving practice of the United Nations, and concludes with an account of the less defensible aspects of British colonialism.
Law Wing Sang
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099296
- eISBN:
- 9789882206755
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099296.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This section argues that to reject historicism, the binary schema in colonial study as well as the associated location reductionism in colonial and post-colonial analysis involves a dual task: (a) ...
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This section argues that to reject historicism, the binary schema in colonial study as well as the associated location reductionism in colonial and post-colonial analysis involves a dual task: (a) revisiting the nature of colonial power prior to assessing or presuming any structure of colonial domination; (b) refusing the dialectical structure of colonialist and nationalist discourses which treat space merely as a passive particularity that specifies and fragments the universal progression of history. Therefore, a re-theorization of colonial power as a power of space is called for. It further argues that there is no better place to start re-theorizing colonial power than the teachings of Foucault. It explains that this book shows how Chinese collaboration and colonialism mutually intertwined and conditioned each other in and around Hong Kong.Less
This section argues that to reject historicism, the binary schema in colonial study as well as the associated location reductionism in colonial and post-colonial analysis involves a dual task: (a) revisiting the nature of colonial power prior to assessing or presuming any structure of colonial domination; (b) refusing the dialectical structure of colonialist and nationalist discourses which treat space merely as a passive particularity that specifies and fragments the universal progression of history. Therefore, a re-theorization of colonial power as a power of space is called for. It further argues that there is no better place to start re-theorizing colonial power than the teachings of Foucault. It explains that this book shows how Chinese collaboration and colonialism mutually intertwined and conditioned each other in and around Hong Kong.
John Kent
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198203025
- eISBN:
- 9780191675669
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203025.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This book offers a scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during World War II and its aftermath. It shows how the broader requirements of the Anglo-French ...
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This book offers a scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during World War II and its aftermath. It shows how the broader requirements of the Anglo-French relations in Europe and the wider world shaped the formulation and execution of the two colonial powers’ policy in Black Africa. It examines the guiding principles of the policy makers in Britain and France and the problems experienced by the colonial administrators themselves. This comparative study, grounded in both French and British archives, sheds light on the development of Anglo-French cooperation in colonial matters in this period.Less
This book offers a scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during World War II and its aftermath. It shows how the broader requirements of the Anglo-French relations in Europe and the wider world shaped the formulation and execution of the two colonial powers’ policy in Black Africa. It examines the guiding principles of the policy makers in Britain and France and the problems experienced by the colonial administrators themselves. This comparative study, grounded in both French and British archives, sheds light on the development of Anglo-French cooperation in colonial matters in this period.
Law Wing Sang
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099296
- eISBN:
- 9789882206755
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099296.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter follows the lead of Pennycook's study concerning the relationships between the English language and colonialism. It notes that Pennycook warns that to characterize colonialism according ...
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This chapter follows the lead of Pennycook's study concerning the relationships between the English language and colonialism. It notes that Pennycook warns that to characterize colonialism according to simple stereotypes of a colonizer's oppression and exploitation of a colonized people draws attention away from the constant cultural and micropolitical operations of colonialism, although the complexities of related issues co-exist with the daily presence of simple dichotomizing. It notes however, that the focus in this chapter limits itself neither to colonial discourses in a narrow sense nor to Hong Kong per se; rather, it pits the colonialism-English relationships against the complex formation of collaborative colonial power in both Hong Kong and China. It shows that the privileged status of English-language education in Hong Kong was more likely to stem from irregular changes in policy and societal orientation than from an ingrained imperialist imperative.Less
This chapter follows the lead of Pennycook's study concerning the relationships between the English language and colonialism. It notes that Pennycook warns that to characterize colonialism according to simple stereotypes of a colonizer's oppression and exploitation of a colonized people draws attention away from the constant cultural and micropolitical operations of colonialism, although the complexities of related issues co-exist with the daily presence of simple dichotomizing. It notes however, that the focus in this chapter limits itself neither to colonial discourses in a narrow sense nor to Hong Kong per se; rather, it pits the colonialism-English relationships against the complex formation of collaborative colonial power in both Hong Kong and China. It shows that the privileged status of English-language education in Hong Kong was more likely to stem from irregular changes in policy and societal orientation than from an ingrained imperialist imperative.
Philip Murphy
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205050
- eISBN:
- 9780191676475
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205050.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Political History
This book explores the relationship between Conservative Party politics and British colonial policy in tropical Africa during the unbroken period of Conservative government from 1951 to 1964. Based ...
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This book explores the relationship between Conservative Party politics and British colonial policy in tropical Africa during the unbroken period of Conservative government from 1951 to 1964. Based particularly on recently released documentary evidence, much of it never before published, this book traces the development of Conservative attitudes towards Britain's role as a colonial power and describes reactions within the party to the rapid British withdrawal from Africa following the 1959 General Election. Making a clear distinction between the Conservative Party and the machinery of government over which conservative ministers presided, this book examines how the party itself exercised a direct influence over the struggle for power between competing interest groups within the African colonies. It assesses the links between the Conservatives and the so-called ‘multi-racial’ parties, intended by Britain to play an important role in political development in Africa, and looks at ties between Conservative politicians and British businessmen active in the continent. This book's analysis makes a contribution to the debate on the process of decolonization, highlighting the variety of ways in which metropolitan party politics could influence the transfer of power.Less
This book explores the relationship between Conservative Party politics and British colonial policy in tropical Africa during the unbroken period of Conservative government from 1951 to 1964. Based particularly on recently released documentary evidence, much of it never before published, this book traces the development of Conservative attitudes towards Britain's role as a colonial power and describes reactions within the party to the rapid British withdrawal from Africa following the 1959 General Election. Making a clear distinction between the Conservative Party and the machinery of government over which conservative ministers presided, this book examines how the party itself exercised a direct influence over the struggle for power between competing interest groups within the African colonies. It assesses the links between the Conservatives and the so-called ‘multi-racial’ parties, intended by Britain to play an important role in political development in Africa, and looks at ties between Conservative politicians and British businessmen active in the continent. This book's analysis makes a contribution to the debate on the process of decolonization, highlighting the variety of ways in which metropolitan party politics could influence the transfer of power.
Laura Victoir and Victor Zatsepine
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9789888139415
- eISBN:
- 9789888180721
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139415.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
The European built form in Asia represents the presence of the colonial powers, and their social, legal, military, and economic privilege. It also symobolizes the developments and changes that the ...
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The European built form in Asia represents the presence of the colonial powers, and their social, legal, military, and economic privilege. It also symobolizes the developments and changes that the colonized countries went through in terms of city planning, architecture, transportation, culture, industrial and trading developments, etc. The editors conclude in this chapter that In the twentieth century it had gradually lost its original significance of strengthening the colonial powers but brought aesthetic and architectural value, as well as urbanization and modernization, to the colonized.Less
The European built form in Asia represents the presence of the colonial powers, and their social, legal, military, and economic privilege. It also symobolizes the developments and changes that the colonized countries went through in terms of city planning, architecture, transportation, culture, industrial and trading developments, etc. The editors conclude in this chapter that In the twentieth century it had gradually lost its original significance of strengthening the colonial powers but brought aesthetic and architectural value, as well as urbanization and modernization, to the colonized.
Laura Victoir and Victor Zatsepine (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9789888139415
- eISBN:
- 9789888180721
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139415.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a ...
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Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, varied experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports.Less
Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history provide a detailed analysis of how colonization worked on different levels, and how it was expressed in stone, iron, and concrete. The process of creating the colonial built environment was multilayered and unpredictable. This book uncovers the regional diversity of the colonial built form found from Harbin to Hanoi, varied experiences of the foreign powers in Asia, flexible interactions between the colonizers and the colonized, and the risks entailed in building and living in these colonies and treaty ports.
Victor Zatsepine and Laura Victoir
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9789888139415
- eISBN:
- 9789888180721
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888139415.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
Three main themes are explored in this collection: the interaction between colonial powers, the adaptations and accommodations made between different sides in the process of colonization, and the ...
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Three main themes are explored in this collection: the interaction between colonial powers, the adaptations and accommodations made between different sides in the process of colonization, and the uncertainties of colonial and semi-colonial regimes. The chapters were written by scholars working in city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history. They aim to use the built environment as a method of analyzing the multiple experiences of colonial powers in China and northern Indochina. They also have brought together case studies about the regions where the concentration of Western and, later, Japanese influence, money, and people were at its maximum. They examine urban colonial places and the urban aspects of colonization, such as city planning, infrastructure, and spatial arrangements. This introductory chapter also outlines the highlights of each chapter.Less
Three main themes are explored in this collection: the interaction between colonial powers, the adaptations and accommodations made between different sides in the process of colonization, and the uncertainties of colonial and semi-colonial regimes. The chapters were written by scholars working in city planning, architecture, and Asian and imperial history. They aim to use the built environment as a method of analyzing the multiple experiences of colonial powers in China and northern Indochina. They also have brought together case studies about the regions where the concentration of Western and, later, Japanese influence, money, and people were at its maximum. They examine urban colonial places and the urban aspects of colonization, such as city planning, infrastructure, and spatial arrangements. This introductory chapter also outlines the highlights of each chapter.
Mithi Mukherjee
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198062509
- eISBN:
- 9780199080151
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198062509.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter explores the nature of the conflict between the colonial government and the Supreme Court in India that culminated in the founding of the first Legislative Council of India in 1853. The ...
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This chapter explores the nature of the conflict between the colonial government and the Supreme Court in India that culminated in the founding of the first Legislative Council of India in 1853. The Legislative Council owed its very origin to the efforts at resolving the enduring conflict between the colonial executive and the Supreme Court as an autonomous judiciary anchored in the figure of the King. Even as it functioned as a political institution, the Legislative Council came to model itself — between 1853 and 1861 — both in terms of its procedure and its telos or ultimate purpose — in the image of a British court of law. It was this newly constituted political institution of the Legislative Council that played a decisive role in the formation of a new juridico-political culture in late 19th-century India.Less
This chapter explores the nature of the conflict between the colonial government and the Supreme Court in India that culminated in the founding of the first Legislative Council of India in 1853. The Legislative Council owed its very origin to the efforts at resolving the enduring conflict between the colonial executive and the Supreme Court as an autonomous judiciary anchored in the figure of the King. Even as it functioned as a political institution, the Legislative Council came to model itself — between 1853 and 1861 — both in terms of its procedure and its telos or ultimate purpose — in the image of a British court of law. It was this newly constituted political institution of the Legislative Council that played a decisive role in the formation of a new juridico-political culture in late 19th-century India.
Laura Chrisman
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719058271
- eISBN:
- 9781781700136
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719058271.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Imperialism and Colonialism
TThis chapter emphasizes gendering imperialism by referring to the work of Anne McClintock and H. Rider Haggard, focusing on McClintock's celebrated Imperial Leather discussion of Haggard's popular ...
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TThis chapter emphasizes gendering imperialism by referring to the work of Anne McClintock and H. Rider Haggard, focusing on McClintock's celebrated Imperial Leather discussion of Haggard's popular and influential imperialist Victorian romance King Solomon's Mines. It depicts the quest for treasure in southern Africa by three British adventurers, who also restore the ‘rightful’ heir to the throne of an African kingdom. The chapter also focuses on the way McClintock analyses the dynamics of labour and degeneration, and explores the political implications of her approach. McClintock suggests that King Solomon's Mines is an allegory of colonial power; specifically, that the novel allegorizes colonial appropriation of African women's reproductive and productive labour. She presents a version of women's reproductive capability in which women are menacingly powerful, regardless of whether they exercise any material control over the reproductive and productive activities of themselves or others.Less
TThis chapter emphasizes gendering imperialism by referring to the work of Anne McClintock and H. Rider Haggard, focusing on McClintock's celebrated Imperial Leather discussion of Haggard's popular and influential imperialist Victorian romance King Solomon's Mines. It depicts the quest for treasure in southern Africa by three British adventurers, who also restore the ‘rightful’ heir to the throne of an African kingdom. The chapter also focuses on the way McClintock analyses the dynamics of labour and degeneration, and explores the political implications of her approach. McClintock suggests that King Solomon's Mines is an allegory of colonial power; specifically, that the novel allegorizes colonial appropriation of African women's reproductive and productive labour. She presents a version of women's reproductive capability in which women are menacingly powerful, regardless of whether they exercise any material control over the reproductive and productive activities of themselves or others.
Theodore JunYoo
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520252882
- eISBN:
- 9780520934153
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520252882.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This study examines how the concept of “Korean woman” underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. The book shows that as women moved out ...
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This study examines how the concept of “Korean woman” underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. The book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy new positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of the colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. While some Korean women conformed to the dictates of colonial hegemony, others took deliberate pains to distinguish between what was “modern” (e.g., Western outfits) and thus legitimate, and what was “Japanese,” and thus illegitimate. The book argues that what made the experience of these women unique was the dual confrontation with modernity itself and with Japan as a colonial power.Less
This study examines how the concept of “Korean woman” underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. The book shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy new positions outside the home, they encountered the pervasive control of the colonial state, which sought to impose modernity on them. While some Korean women conformed to the dictates of colonial hegemony, others took deliberate pains to distinguish between what was “modern” (e.g., Western outfits) and thus legitimate, and what was “Japanese,” and thus illegitimate. The book argues that what made the experience of these women unique was the dual confrontation with modernity itself and with Japan as a colonial power.
Marie Muschalek
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781501742859
- eISBN:
- 9781501742866
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501742859.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter offers a portrait of the patrolmen who made up the Landespolizei. Juxtaposing African and German life stories, it traces their socioeconomic and cultural upbringings and depicts the ...
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This chapter offers a portrait of the patrolmen who made up the Landespolizei. Juxtaposing African and German life stories, it traces their socioeconomic and cultural upbringings and depicts the material conditions within which the policemen lived and worked while drawing connections to the values and identities these men aspired to. Three elements of identity formation are considered in depth: social class, soldiery, and masculinity. The chapter shows that the policemen's liminal social standing placed them at an uncomfortable albeit central position within the colonial power constellation. And although the men came from quite disparate cultural worlds, all were deeply invested in honor and a clientage relationship to the state—creating a peculiar overlap of moral codes and principles of social organization.Less
This chapter offers a portrait of the patrolmen who made up the Landespolizei. Juxtaposing African and German life stories, it traces their socioeconomic and cultural upbringings and depicts the material conditions within which the policemen lived and worked while drawing connections to the values and identities these men aspired to. Three elements of identity formation are considered in depth: social class, soldiery, and masculinity. The chapter shows that the policemen's liminal social standing placed them at an uncomfortable albeit central position within the colonial power constellation. And although the men came from quite disparate cultural worlds, all were deeply invested in honor and a clientage relationship to the state—creating a peculiar overlap of moral codes and principles of social organization.
Tejumola Olaniyan
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195094053
- eISBN:
- 9780199855278
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195094053.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama
Inspired the repressive act of the colonial powers, LeRoi Jones (or known by his Muslim name, Amiri Baraka) capitalizes on his educational background and profession to come up with publications ...
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Inspired the repressive act of the colonial powers, LeRoi Jones (or known by his Muslim name, Amiri Baraka) capitalizes on his educational background and profession to come up with publications disputing the discourses of the Western civilizations. According to the commentaries, Baraka attempts to acquire an expressive identity and performative arguments in some of his writings—all of which put emphasis on reformations. It is asserted that to be able to employ changes, there must be recognition of the historical facts and contingencies. Despite the criticisms of Baraka's works, the idea that he contributed to the liberalization of his countrymen, the recovery from the black drama, and the restoration of the “spirituality of blackness” will be greatly appreciated by future generations of Africans.Less
Inspired the repressive act of the colonial powers, LeRoi Jones (or known by his Muslim name, Amiri Baraka) capitalizes on his educational background and profession to come up with publications disputing the discourses of the Western civilizations. According to the commentaries, Baraka attempts to acquire an expressive identity and performative arguments in some of his writings—all of which put emphasis on reformations. It is asserted that to be able to employ changes, there must be recognition of the historical facts and contingencies. Despite the criticisms of Baraka's works, the idea that he contributed to the liberalization of his countrymen, the recovery from the black drama, and the restoration of the “spirituality of blackness” will be greatly appreciated by future generations of Africans.
Eli M. Noam
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195102017
- eISBN:
- 9780199854936
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195102017.003.0001
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Information Technology
Despite the significant position of Africa when it comes to the world's land mass and population, the continent has exhibited relatively slower and trivial levels of development in terms of ...
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Despite the significant position of Africa when it comes to the world's land mass and population, the continent has exhibited relatively slower and trivial levels of development in terms of telecommunications when compared to other nations. Colonial powers initiated the use of these technologies in the African countries, for the most part, as an instrument of authority and control. Such endeavors brought about political independence, which eventually facilitated the association between technological advancement and economic growth. Regrettably, European imperialists failed to meet the needs and demands of a budding information-oriented economy as they left Africa with insufficient hardware and outdated institutional structure—the monopolistic administration PPT (Post, Telephone and Telegraph) system. This is aggravated by the lack of indigenous technical knowledge, resources and financial assistance, especially in poorer states.Less
Despite the significant position of Africa when it comes to the world's land mass and population, the continent has exhibited relatively slower and trivial levels of development in terms of telecommunications when compared to other nations. Colonial powers initiated the use of these technologies in the African countries, for the most part, as an instrument of authority and control. Such endeavors brought about political independence, which eventually facilitated the association between technological advancement and economic growth. Regrettably, European imperialists failed to meet the needs and demands of a budding information-oriented economy as they left Africa with insufficient hardware and outdated institutional structure—the monopolistic administration PPT (Post, Telephone and Telegraph) system. This is aggravated by the lack of indigenous technical knowledge, resources and financial assistance, especially in poorer states.
Samson A. Bezabeh
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789774167294
- eISBN:
- 9781617976797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774167294.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Migration Studies (including Refugee Studies)
This chapter focuses on how opportunities for Yemenis have been shaped within the space created by state/empire. Here, the discussion centers around Yemeni interaction with state/space in the fields ...
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This chapter focuses on how opportunities for Yemenis have been shaped within the space created by state/empire. Here, the discussion centers around Yemeni interaction with state/space in the fields of economy and politics, and the more intangible field that relates to state mentality. Continuing with this examination of the interaction of Yemenis with state/empire, the chapter discusses the ways in which Yemenis have interacted with the economic field. It particularly looks at how their economic existence was restructured by colonial power and the formation of enclosed boundaries in the region. It also traces how this relationship has changed over time, taking into account the changing nature of state and capital.Less
This chapter focuses on how opportunities for Yemenis have been shaped within the space created by state/empire. Here, the discussion centers around Yemeni interaction with state/space in the fields of economy and politics, and the more intangible field that relates to state mentality. Continuing with this examination of the interaction of Yemenis with state/empire, the chapter discusses the ways in which Yemenis have interacted with the economic field. It particularly looks at how their economic existence was restructured by colonial power and the formation of enclosed boundaries in the region. It also traces how this relationship has changed over time, taking into account the changing nature of state and capital.
Alicia Turner
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824839376
- eISBN:
- 9780824869571
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824839376.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter focuses on a series of conflicts between Burmese and Europeans over demonstrations of respect that encoded broader issues of subordination and the politics of colonial difference, with ...
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This chapter focuses on a series of conflicts between Burmese and Europeans over demonstrations of respect that encoded broader issues of subordination and the politics of colonial difference, with particular emphasis on the “shoe question” and shikho in schools. It explores how Burmese Buddhists used the changing terms of official religious neutrality to stake claims to autonomy. It also considers how the issue of what counted as religion and religious practice changed over twenty years through clashes across the colonial divide. It shows how these conflicts became a means to realign the status of the moral community and create space for contingent autonomy in relation to colonial power. It argues that the ambiguity of the category of religion enabled both Burmese Buddhists and colonial actors to actively contest “religion” as a means of promoting or resisting the power of the state and the cultural projects of colonialism.Less
This chapter focuses on a series of conflicts between Burmese and Europeans over demonstrations of respect that encoded broader issues of subordination and the politics of colonial difference, with particular emphasis on the “shoe question” and shikho in schools. It explores how Burmese Buddhists used the changing terms of official religious neutrality to stake claims to autonomy. It also considers how the issue of what counted as religion and religious practice changed over twenty years through clashes across the colonial divide. It shows how these conflicts became a means to realign the status of the moral community and create space for contingent autonomy in relation to colonial power. It argues that the ambiguity of the category of religion enabled both Burmese Buddhists and colonial actors to actively contest “religion” as a means of promoting or resisting the power of the state and the cultural projects of colonialism.
Adrian Muckle
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824835095
- eISBN:
- 9780824869625
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824835095.003.0010
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This concluding chapter reiterates that the circumstances in which the war broke out at Tiamou in April 1917 provided an opportunity to examine the place of fear, rumor, and violence in attempts to ...
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This concluding chapter reiterates that the circumstances in which the war broke out at Tiamou in April 1917 provided an opportunity to examine the place of fear, rumor, and violence in attempts to maintain colonial power relations. War was not the result of an innocent misunderstanding or mutual incomprehension. Nor was it a product of wild settler imaginations, unprovoked Kanak aggression, or a “savage” reflex. Threats by colonial administrators and their intermediaries during recruitment for the war in Europe were one immediate catalyst. For those on the receiving end, threats were heightened by the specter of arbitrary arrest and grievances accumulated over six decades of French colonization as well as personal and collective enmities, rivalries, and insults.Less
This concluding chapter reiterates that the circumstances in which the war broke out at Tiamou in April 1917 provided an opportunity to examine the place of fear, rumor, and violence in attempts to maintain colonial power relations. War was not the result of an innocent misunderstanding or mutual incomprehension. Nor was it a product of wild settler imaginations, unprovoked Kanak aggression, or a “savage” reflex. Threats by colonial administrators and their intermediaries during recruitment for the war in Europe were one immediate catalyst. For those on the receiving end, threats were heightened by the specter of arbitrary arrest and grievances accumulated over six decades of French colonization as well as personal and collective enmities, rivalries, and insults.
Rebecca Hillauer
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774249433
- eISBN:
- 9781936190089
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774249433.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
Algeria made more than 400 movies in 1968. Algerian cinema is a child of the war of liberation against the French colonial power. The fundamentalist terror that struck Algeria in the early 1990s, and ...
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Algeria made more than 400 movies in 1968. Algerian cinema is a child of the war of liberation against the French colonial power. The fundamentalist terror that struck Algeria in the early 1990s, and which has since cost the lives of 200,000 people has also had a devastating impact on the artistic climate in the country. Algeria's cultural life today is a shadow of its former self. One hundred years have passed since the colonial rulers, and in their wake the French film pioneers, took possession of the country. Many filmmakers have turned their backs on their homeland out of fear for their lives and have had success with their films in other countries. The French colonial rulers in Maghreb insisted on the unconditional assimilation of the native population in contrast to the British in Egypt.Less
Algeria made more than 400 movies in 1968. Algerian cinema is a child of the war of liberation against the French colonial power. The fundamentalist terror that struck Algeria in the early 1990s, and which has since cost the lives of 200,000 people has also had a devastating impact on the artistic climate in the country. Algeria's cultural life today is a shadow of its former self. One hundred years have passed since the colonial rulers, and in their wake the French film pioneers, took possession of the country. Many filmmakers have turned their backs on their homeland out of fear for their lives and have had success with their films in other countries. The French colonial rulers in Maghreb insisted on the unconditional assimilation of the native population in contrast to the British in Egypt.
