Beyond Francophone postcolonial studies: exploring the ends of comparison
Author(s) -
Charles Forsdick
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
modern languages open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2052-5397
DOI - 10.3828/mlo.v0i0.56
Subject(s) - subordination (linguistics) , politics , french , political science , sociology , environmental ethics , ethnology , gender studies , law , humanities , philosophy , linguistics
[P]ostcolonial studies has the potential to assemble new communities and networks of people who are joined by the common political and ethical commitment to challenging and questioning the practices and consequences of domination and subordination. Anyone can do it. We all come to things from our own positions, of course, and we are each of us enabled and blinkered by the location of our standpoint; but we all something to learn from, and contribute to, postcolonial studies.
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