Edward Said

Apuntes

• Subtopic: Edward Said's Concept of Orientalism Edward Said discusses how colonial power operates through representation. The West constructed the "Orient" as irrational, backward, and inferior to legitimize imperial domination and maintain political and cultural control. • Subtopic: Frantz Fanon's Analysis of Colonialism Frantz Fanon shows that colonialism produces deep psychological violence by creating internalized racial inferiority, identity fragmentation, and a constant tension within the colonized subject. • Subtopic: Gayatri Spivak's Theory on the Subaltern Gayatri Spivak argues that the subaltern is structurally silenced because dominant Western discourses control representation, making it nearly impossible for marginalized subjects to truly "speak" for themselves. • Subtopic: Homi K. Bhabha's Concept of Hybridity Homi K. Bhabha explains that colonial encounters generate hybridity and ambivalence, destabilizing fixed identities and revealing that colonial authority is never fully stable or secure.