Poststructural and Postcolonial Thought

3 units

Poststructural and postcolonial theories have been crucial to contemporary trajectories in the social sciences and literary criticism. This course will examine some of the central themes of poststructural and postcolonial thought, such as representation, power, agency, resistance, subject formation, and cultural translation, and their roles in anthropology and history. We will read key theorists such as Foucault, Gramsci, de Certeau, Said, and Spivak alongside contemporary anthropologists and historians who critically engage these writers.