COMPARE and CONTRAST the ways in which any TWO POST-COLONIAL theorists have depicted THE RELATIONSHIP between COLONIAL CULTURE and the EXCERSISE of POWER using textual examples Ooronoko, published in the year of the glorious revolution, 1688, was written by Aphra Behn in a time of prolific expansion of the empire. The rate that the English; and by 1707; the British Empire, swarmed over the rest of the world is still astounding. In 1800 Western powers claimed 55% (but actually …
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…to demystify? . I still feel Said can make a valid case, in his book ?Covering Islam? he roots his theories firmly to the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and uncovers the astounding ideological economising with which the Western media handled the situtaion. For me his theories are best understood when applied to the here and now specifics of actual political situations, rather than his fervent promotion of Western hegemony which reverberates from his sweeping generalizations in ?Orientalism?. 3120