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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 02:59:11 +1000 (EST)
From: Olivia Su-Lin Khoo <o.khoo-AT-pgrad.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: Re: query: China, Korea and Japan - postcolonial?



Ayelet, 

I think that it is possible to refer to these East Asian countries as
being "postcolonial" (in the sense that they may enact "postcolonial"
strategies etc.), particularly if you define colonialism as referring also
to Euro-American neo-colonialism and cultural hegemony (as you seem to be
suggesting in relation to Japan, particularly). You will find this being
referred to (albeit sometimes obliquely) in most texts on postcolonial
theory and also recent texts on globalisation. See, for example, Arif
Dirlik and Rey Chow (on China). 

Hope this helps,
 
Olivia.    






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