ANTHR310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Structural Adjustment, Invisible Hand, International Monetary Fund
9 Jan 2017
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Starting in the 16th century and peaking from the late 19th to 1945, european nations (britain, france, the netherlands, portugal, etc. ) colonized most of the world. Colonialism was based on the assumption of superiority (racial, civilizations, religious, scientific) over all peoples. Ed(cid:449)a(cid:396)d said (cid:862)e(cid:454)plo(cid:396)e(cid:396)s, a(cid:396)tists, poets, offi(cid:272)ials fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ized the o(cid:396)ie(cid:374)t (cid:894)the (cid:373)iddle east(cid:895) i(cid:374)(cid:272)apa(cid:271)le of go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g itself, to be conquered. Colonial subjects were often racialized and inferiorized through sexuality: colonized men were assumed to be overly sexual and a threat to colonial women, whose sexuality was to be protected to keep the race pure and superior. The purity of a nation/people has often been expressed/sought through the purity of its women: wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s safet(cid:455) (cid:449)as (cid:373)o(cid:396)alit(cid:455) has ofte(cid:374) (cid:271)ee(cid:374) asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith the i(cid:374)teg(cid:396)it(cid:455) of the people. The concept of a national identity became very important. This is where nationalism began (cid:862)if (cid:449)e (cid:272)ould oversee ourselves, (cid:449)hat (cid:449)ould (cid:449)e (cid:272)hoose? (cid:863)
