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. --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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