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An Analysis of Homi K. Bhabha's The Location of Culture

By Stephen Fay, Liam Haydon Copyright 2017
96 Pages
by Macat Library

96 Pages
by Macat Library

96 Pages
by Macat Library

Homi K. Bhabha’s 1994 The Location of Culture is one of the founding texts of the branch of literary theory called postcolonialism. While postcolonialism has many strands, at its heart lies the question of interpreting and understanding encounters between the western colonial powers and the nations across the globe that they colonized. Colonization was not just an economic, military or political... Read more

Ways in to the text 

Who was Homi K. Bhabhaa? 

What does The Location of Culture Say? 

Why does The Location of Culture Matter? 

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context 

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution 

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas 

Module 7: Achievement 

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses 

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Stephen Fay holds a doctorate in Hispanic studies from University College, London, with research focusing on ideas of national culture and identity in twentieth-century Cuba.

Dr Liam Haydon holds a doctorate in English literature from Manchester University.