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A 5 page analysis of colonial culture. The paper relies on This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, Modern Inquisitions by Irene Silverblatt and Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers by Ann Stoer for analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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to be mixed races as the colonial force begins having children with natives of the land they are colonizing. They essentially have little, if any legal powers and struggle along
seeking identity and a place, while also relying heavily on a sense of nationalism at the same time. The following paper examines colonial culture as seen through This Earth of
Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, Modern Inquisitions by Irene Silverblatt and Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers by Ann Stoler. Colonial Culture In Toers novel,
This Earth of Mankind, one sees a great deal of the colonial culture. This is because it deals with many intricate and personal issues and was written by a man
who personally understood such realities. In this novel one could well claim that the central conflict between finding a national identity under European colonialism relates to their place in society.
In this novel one of the primary focuses is on education. The character of Minke is a young man of aristocratic heritage in his land and so he is
given the privilege of being education. However, in reality this is not going to provide him with very much, in a legal or social, perspective due to the fact that
he is not Dutch. He is only really being given the education as an outward sign of respect and acceptance. Even though he proves to have some success in relationship
to his writing, he is disliked by his fellow students, who are Dutch, in light of the fact that he is nothing more than a native.
This is something that appears to reflect some ideals of Stoler wherein she states how "In both the Indies and Indochina, with their distinct demographics and
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