critical theory postcolonial theory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007835 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcolonialism https://mamoura.eci.ufmg.br/tematres/vocab/index.php?tema=104 https://mamoura.eci.ufmg.br/tematres/vocab/index.php?tema=1141 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265425 At times, the term postcolonial studies may be preferred to postcolonialism, as the ambiguous term colonialism could refer either to a system of government, or to an ideology or world view underlying that system. However, postcolonialism (i.e., postcolonial studies) generally represents an ideological response to colonialist thought, rather than simply describing a system that comes after colonialism, as the prefix post- may suggest. As such, postcolonialism may be thought of as a reaction to or departure from colonialism in the same way postmodernism is a reaction to modernism; the term postcolonialism itself is modeled on postmodernism, with which it shares certain concepts and methods. The critical academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. More specifically, it is a critical-theory analysis of the history, culture, literature, and discourse of (usually European) imperial power. post-colonial discourse post-colonial studies post-colonial theory post-colonialism postcolonial discourse postcolonial studies postcolonialism post-structuralism