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Postcolonial criticism
pohst-kuh-LOH-nee-ul KRIT-ih-siz-um
/ˌpoʊstkəˈloʊniəl ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm/Listen
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postcolonialcriticism
Dictionary meaning
A critical approach that reads literature through the lens of colonial history and its aftermath, examining how texts produced by both colonizers and colonized peoples construct race, empire, identity, and resistance; major figures include Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, and Homi Bhabha.
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