The play of mirrors Representation of the self and the other in fragmented globalisation
Barbara Henry - 24 novembre 2009 In this paper critical attention is dedicated to concepts that are recognized, though not in an exclusive form, in post-colonial literature and in gender studies. Such categories are: epistemic violence/symbolic violence, repression (psychoanalytical), stereotypes/adaptive preferences [...]
Abstract
In this paper critical attention is dedicated to concepts that are recognized, though not in an exclusive form, in post-colonial literature and in gender studies. Such categories are: epistemic violence/symbolic violence, repression (psychoanalytical), stereotypes/adaptive preferences. One of the specific cognitive interests of post-colonial literature lies in its reference to this last process of injurious self- identification, i.e. to the processes of interiorization by the victims of negative portrayal/stereotype. Through the concept of adaptive preferences, already coined and investigated by gender studies, it is possible to define - with greater adequacy with respect to the multiform contexts of oppression and resistance - the reciprocity, and often circularity, of the bond between victims and authors of injurious acts and violations.
Key words:
colonialism, epistemic violence/symbolic violence/, stereotypes, adaptive preferences.
Questo testo è stato presentato in occasione dell'annual conference del Global Studies Association:
“Challenging Globalisation”,
Royal Holloway University of London, 2-4 September 2009
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