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- Title
The Convergence of Postcolonialism and Bioregionalism in Tsitsi Dangerembga's Nervous Conditions.
- Authors
Fondo, Blossom Ngum
- Abstract
Both culture and nature are under serious threats if not of extinction, at least of massive destruction. The first holds true for the formerly colonized regions of the world which are yet to recover their cultures from the cultural imperialism which was an integral part of colonialism. As for nature, the entire world is at risk as diverse human and non-human activities continue to precipitate the destruction of the physical environment. Both aspects are of interest to both writers of fictions and literary critics who put their creative art and literary skills respectively at the service of humanity. Postcolonial literature and the related postcolonial theory have been engaged with the deconstruction of some of the lasting vestiges of the colonial encounter, especially with the effort to recover the culture of the colonized from the effects of colonialism. Ecocriticism engages with the ways literature can serve a higher good by reacting positively to the environmental problems that threaten the earth which is our home. Bioregionalism is an important concept of Ecocriticism that is interested in forging healthy linkages between humans and their physical environments. Thus both postcolonialism and bioregionalism constitute "battlefield" theories committed to effecting changes in thinking and attitudes towards culture and nature.
- Subjects
POSTCOLONIALISM; BIOREGIONALISM; CULTURE; PHYSICAL environment; POSTCOLONIAL literature; DECONSTRUCTION
- Publication
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 3, p24
- ISSN
0976-0814
- Publication type
Article