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Postcolonial literature is the literature by people from formerly colonized countries, originating from all continents except Antarctica. Postcolonial literature often addresses the problems and consequences of the decolonization of a country, especially questions relating to the political and cultural independence of formerly subjugated people, and themes such as racialism and colonialism.
How second- and third-generation Latinos are reclaiming the Spanish language ... who speak Spanish at home has declined, the number who do so has grown from 24.6 million in 2000 to 39.3 million in ...
The acts of resurgence reclaim the Indigenous storyline, a counter-narrative, drawing away from hurt and grief, toward a future of hope. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 3 ] Glen Coulthard states that Indigenous resurgence is a movement of nation building and decolonizing through the framework of grounded normativity. [ 7 ]
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest was first published 2003 in cloth (hardcover) edition by OUP, with a paperback edition released the following year. A Spanish-language edition (under the title Los siete mitos de la conquista española) was published by Paidós, with imprints issued in Spain (Barcelona, November 2004) and Mexico (2005).
Narrative identity has been explored in the stories of incarcerated individuals. For example, narratives have been used to understand the conversion experience among prisoners. [55] Through these narratives, prisoner converts have been able to integrate their negative self (the one who committed the crime) into their larger sense of self.
Forget “code-switching,” we need work cultures “where people feel seen, heard, and valued,” argues LaShuna McBride.
Narrative is a powerful tool in the transfer, or sharing, of knowledge, one that is bound to cognitive issues of memory, constructed memory, and perceived memory. Jerome Bruner discusses this issue in his 1990 book, Acts of Meaning, where he considers the narrative form as a non-neutral rhetorical account that aims at "illocutionary intentions", or the desire to communicate meaning. [10]
A Peruvian woman named Zilia wrote letters to her fiance about her turmoil, suffering, and love. In her letters, the woman spends most of the context sharing the strong love she has towards her fiance Aza, the King in the land of the Sun. Zilia shares in her letters about her capture story; that when she was making her way to the sacred temple she saw the Spaniard soldiers who were looked upon ...