The anthropology of colonialism: culture, history, and the emergence of western governmentality
P Pels - Annual review of anthropology, 1997 - annualreviews.org
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The study of colonialism erases the boundaries between anthropology and history or literary
studies, and between the postcolonial present and the colonial past. From the standpoint of
anthropology, it is also reflexive, addressing the colonial use and formation of ethnography
and its supporting practices of travel. Since the 1960s, the study of colonialism has
increasingly presented a view of colonialism as struggle and negotiation, analyzing how the
dichotomous representations that Westerners use for colonial rule are the outcome of much …
studies, and between the postcolonial present and the colonial past. From the standpoint of
anthropology, it is also reflexive, addressing the colonial use and formation of ethnography
and its supporting practices of travel. Since the 1960s, the study of colonialism has
increasingly presented a view of colonialism as struggle and negotiation, analyzing how the
dichotomous representations that Westerners use for colonial rule are the outcome of much …
The study of colonialism erases the boundaries between anthropology and history or literary studies, and between the postcolonial present and the colonial past. From the standpoint of anthropology, it is also reflexive, addressing the colonial use and formation of ethnography and its supporting practices of travel. Since the 1960s, the study of colonialism has increasingly presented a view of colonialism as struggle and negotiation, analyzing how the dichotomous representations that Westerners use for colonial rule are the outcome of much more murky and complex practical interactions. By thus treating Western governmentality as emergent and particular, it is rewriting our histories of the present.
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