Area Studies midterm

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Colonial Discourse analysis Trace connections between?

1. The visible and the hidden
2. The dominant and the marginalised
3. Power and knowledge
4. Ideas and institutions

3 & 4

1,2 & 3

1,2 & 4

2,3 & 4

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What is discourse?

An ‘ideology’.

Innocent, because it represents an encounter between equals.

A coherent or rational body of speech or writing.

A particular way of representing 'ourselves' to 'the rest'.

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When was the age of discovery?

1492-1650

1500-1600

1515-1642

1400-1500

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1. Conquer and rule over other regions.
2. Creating an empire.
3. Expanding into the neighbouring regions and expanding its dominance far.
4. Movement of people to new territory and living as permanent settlers.

Which definition(s) belong to Colonialism?

1 & 4

3 & 4

1,2,3 & 4

1,2 & 3

1 & 2

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‘Power is everywhere; not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere’

Who said this?

Michel Foucault

Edward Said

Napoleon Bonaparte and William Pitt

Stuart Hall

None of the above

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Is it possible to have colonies without empire, imperialism without colonies?

yes

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Whiteness which focus solely on race by providing nuanced readings of its articulation through gender and class.

What term is this?

The monolithic understanding

Language-use as operating within a framework of power

The idea of ‘ideology’

All of the above

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Batavia, Hong Kong and Singapore are examples of?

Maritime enclaves

Settlement colonies

none were colonies

Exploitation colonies

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What is 'The West'?

1. Much an idea as a fact of geography.
2. Is not historical, but a geographical construct
3. Only Europe
4. Any society which shares these characteristics: developed, industrialized, and modern

2 & 3

1, 2 & 3

1 & 4

3 & 4

10.

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A new term for colonialism; it indicates a new way of thinking in which cultural, intellectual, economic or political processes are seen to work together in the formation, perpetuation and dismantling of colonialism.

Unity and separation

Ideological Effect

Imperialism

Colonial discourse

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