LEE 1 Silent Trauma: Representing Indian Partition in Subaltern Studies‚ Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking India I. Subaltern Studies: Silence of History of Partition and Subaltern In 1947‚ India gained its independence following 350 years of British colonization. At the same time‚ due to the serious communal conflicts that had long existed among the three main communities in India—Hindus‚ Muslims‚ and Sikhs‚ the Independence brought the Partition of India to create two newly independent
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Concept of Subaltern and Subaltern Studies Dr. Abhishek Gopal* ’Subaltern ’ originally is a term for subordinates in military hierarchies which is elaborated in the work of Antonio Gramsci to refer to groups who are outside the established structure of political representation. Subaltern was first used in a nonmilitary sense by Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Some believe that he used the term as a synonyms for proletariat‚ possibly as a codeword in order to get his writings past prison censors‚ while
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The Meaning of Identity: a Brief History The Meaning of Identity: A Brief History The term identity as the dictionary defines it today is almost as new as the sciences devoted to studying it. The definition of the word identity has undergone several transformations since it was first used by European philosophers emerging from the Dark Ages. It wouldn’t be until 1950 that the word would undergo its final stage‚ the one seen used in psychology textbooks across the world. Erik Erikson’s eight stages
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The Subaltern in India The ground breaking text Orientalism written by Edward Said widened the arena for the post-colonial thinkers to consider the text with a new mechanism in Third World context. Orientalism has developed a purported approach of binary opposition to dismantling the East/West dualism in relation to Eurocentric edifice. The focal point of Said’s study is the ‘West’ and its observation of the ‘East’. The former having all positive traits: white‚ brave‚ dynamic‚ civilized‚ cultured
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only one particular perspective can be correct and in this case that would be the Euro-American perspective. If one were to analyze the reason for the subaltern status of Latinos‚ the answer would be quite simple. Latinos lie within what is considered to be a subaltern status because Anglo colonizers put them in that position. In this case subaltern status refers to living outside of the circle of hegemony. Stereotyping is often a useful tool during the process of putting down a whole people. Stereotyping
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Importance of subaltern literature- a teleological approach Dear and Rev. Father Principal‚ respected staff‚ my beloved students‚ friends‚ ladies and gentlemen. I feel a bit circumscribed in to stand before you to deliver this keynote address. I feel so‚ because I am not a literature student‚ nor am I in any way connected to literary world except as a lay person who loves literature and its richness in bringing out human emotions‚ values‚ and worldviews. But at the same time‚ I am honored to be
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Can the Subaltern Speak? An understanding of contemporary relations of power‚ and of the Western intellectual’s role within them‚ requires an examination of the intersection of a theory of representation and the political economy of global capitalism. A theory of representation points‚ on the one hand‚ to the domain of ideology‚ meaning‚ and subjectivity‚ and‚ on the other hand‚ to the domain of politics‚ the state‚ and the law. The original title of this paper was
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A Subalterns Love Song ENG 125 Annemarie Hamlin August 27‚ 2012 I have chosen to write my paper on John Betjeman’s poem “A Subaltern’s Love Song.” This poem is a humorous look at a romantic relationship from the poet’s point of view and/or the author‚ who is the speaker. It is a satire and an imaginative work‚ which I will elaborate on further in the paper. I will cover the analytical approach on this poem‚ evaluate the meaning of
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Option 1: To what degree can we recover the voices of empires’ subalterns? Is it possible to recover the voices of the Subaltern; a non elite person or group‚ especially in colonial societies (OU‚ Block 3&4 glossary‚ 2009‚ p.354) when these people were largely illiterate and the primary reason we hear from them at all is when they find themselves in circumstances which automatically make us question whether a true interpretation of their experiences can be found. The sources available to us such
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Can the Subaltern Speak? – Summary Gayatri Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an unsettling voice in literary theory and especially‚ postcolonial studies. She has describes herself as a “practical deconstructionist feminist Marxist” and as a “gadfly”. She uses deconstruction to examine "how truth is constructed" and to deploy the assertions of one intellectual and political position (such as Marxism) to "interrupt" or "bring into crisis" another (feminism‚ for example). In her work‚ she combines
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