

Postcolonial Space
Dr. Masood Raja
Dr. Masood Raja offers conversations on postcolonial studies, critical pedagogy, and politics. New episodes every week!!
Episodes
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Feb 1, 2021 • 47min
S2E20: Mohanty: Feminism Without Borders, Chapter 2 (Part 1)
This is an edited version of my recorded YouTube lecture on Chandra Mohanty’s book.

Jan 29, 2021 • 44min
S2E19: Benedict Anderson: Imagined Communities| Webinar with Q and A
This is an edited version of an online webinar on Benedict Anderson’s book Imagined Communities.

Jan 27, 2021 • 11min
S2E18: What is Postcolonial and How to Write about it
Brief guidelines about discerning what is postcolonial in a text and some tips about writing papers informed by postcolonial theory.

Jan 25, 2021 • 50min
S2E17: Mohanty, Feminism Without Borders, Chapter 1 (Edited Class Session)
An edited version of my class session on chapter 1 of Chandra Mohanty’s book.

Jan 22, 2021 • 1h 2min
S2E16: Book Discussions: The God of Small Things
An adaptation of my webinar on The God of Small Things.

Jan 20, 2021 • 1h
S2E15: The Postcolonial and the Postmodern| Lecture and Q & A
This is an adapted version of my YouTube webinar on Postcolonialism and postmodernism.

Jan 18, 2021 • 12min
S2E14: Chandra Mohanty: Feminism Without Borders| Introduction
This episodes offers a discussion of Chandra Mohanty's book Introduction.

Jan 15, 2021 • 1h 5min
S2E13: Postcolonialism a la Robert Young| Lecture and Q&A
Adapted from my YouTube channel, this episode provides a discussion of Postcolonialism as explained by Robert Young.

Jan 13, 2021 • 1h 11min
S2E12: Book Discussions: Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. Webinar with Q and A
This episode has been adapted from a live Youtube webinar and includes my discussion of the novel as well a question answer session at the end.

Jan 11, 2021 • 17min
S2E11: Book Discussions: Abeng (A Novel) | Michelle Cliff | Postcolonialism | Jamaican Writers
Abeng (A Novel) | Michelle Cliff | Postcolonialism | Jamaican Writers Description from Wikipedia: Abeng (Ä běng) is a novel related to Maroons, published in 1984 by Michelle Cliff. It is a semi-fictional autobiographical novel about a mixed-race Jamaican girl named Clare Savage growing up in the 1950s. It explores the historical repression resulting from British imperialism in Jamaica. Facts regarding imperialism of the island are dispersed throughout the narrative, as well as facts about slavery in Jamaica and Jamaican folklore. It is emphasized that the protagonists are generally unaware of these facts, which often serve to reveal the brutal nature of both slavery and imperialism. In this way Cliff reveals her intentions for the book. It is a piece of revisionist literature meant to challenge the mainstream narrative of Jamaican history. The character Clare Savage would return in Michelle Cliff's next novel, No Telephone to Heaven.