In
"The Commitment to Theory," Bhabha focuses on the issue of translating theory into
action, or praxis, and the issue of the continued divide in post-colonial nations of the former
colonizers and the formerly colonized. For Bhabha, groups of people who were of the colonized
identity are still considered to be "the Other" in post-colonial societies. According
to Bhabha, there is still a deep divide that results in a continued power dynamic in which
formerly colonized people are still oppressed, either through an assumption of cultural
inferiority or a forced cultural hegemony, in a post-colonial society. For instance, Indigenous
people in what is now considered the United States may not be subjected to the Indian Removal
Act of the 19th century, but they are still the victims of hate crimes, cultural appropriation,
and cultural erasure in their own homeland. Additionally, Bhabha analyzes the need for theory
that encourages cultural diversity to translate into actual material reality in...
Sunday, January 29, 2012
What is Homi Bhabha's theory in "The Commitment to Theory?"
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