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Identity Politics and the Third World (Hardcover)
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Identity Politics and the Third World (Hardcover)
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Identity Politics and the Third World revisits the theories of
identification in challenging existing methods of ascertaining
developing world identities on the grounds of objectivity and
universality. The construction of postcolonial identities refers to
the creation of systems of identification. This construction is
undertaken at two levels: by the colonizer, in the form of myths
about the subject races and a simultaneous belief in the notion
that the subject cannot represent him/herself; and subsequently, by
the colonized in an attempt to resist colonization and establish a
sense of solidarity against the rulers. In the global context, the
third world becomes a market place where identities are framed by
the laws of consumer dynamics. Identities are again constructed
here on two levels: by the forces of multinational economics, in
the form of essentially hybrid, homogenously differentiated
communities, and, in counterpoint, by the myths of unique national
cultures. This book is designed to describe and critically analyse
the structuring of identity and culture and the politics that
informs them. Centering on the concepts of `polarity' and
`in-betweenness', the idea of cosmopolitan or global identity is
deconstructed in the wake of capitalist consumerism and
multinational politics using the theories of identity construction
and representation as formulated by Edward Said and Homi Bhabha for
understanding colonialist politics and the postcolonial condition.
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