Secular and Koranic literacies in South Asia: From colonisation to contemporary practice

This paper explores the distinction between ‘secular’ and ‘Koranic’ schooling and literacy in South Asia. It begins by tracing an archaeology of the distinction between secular ‘literacy’ and religious ‘illiteracy’. It locates the emergence of the distinction in the colonial census of the 19th century, in the development of ‘English’ education, and the responses within madrasa schools. The second part locates these debates and their on-going importance within a contemporary ethnographic setting. It examines the relevance of the distinction in relation to women's literacy practices. The paper argues that both secular and religious literacy practices are significant for women's status and well-being, and illustrates the centrality of religious reading and learning in Bangladesh. The paper challenges the conventional distinction between religious and secular schooling and literacy, noting their complementary and overlapping nature.     

两难的选择──劳伦斯北美时期作品的后殖民主义阅读

劳伦斯是最早去墨西哥和美国西部的英国作家,在殖民地期间他创作了多部传世之作,但有些作品带有较多的殖民主义话语。与土著人耳濡目染的生活使他改变了对印第安人的看法,并开始重新审视西方文化中的殖民主义倾向,但他无法彻底摆脱宗主国的影响。代表作《骑马出走的女人》以及《羽蛇》等充分地反映了他这个时期的思想转变过程。     

后殖民主义视角下的“伪满洲国”日本女性——以牛岛春子为中心

"伪满"的日本左翼转向女作家牛岛春子,在她的短篇小说《女人》中,细腻而深刻的描述了女性的心路历程,在"伪满"这个殖民地男权社会里,作为女性,牛岛春子感到了自卑,她为了谋求与男性相同的地位和权利,极力地强调夸大只有女性才能做到的事情一生子。并且在战争中,"母性政策"和"贤妻良母"政策的大背景下,刻画出了"军国母亲"的形象。"伪满"的日本女性,可以说既是殖民地男权社会中感到自卑的受害者,对于殖民地的人民来说,又是不可否认的加害者。     

‘Can art save the world?’ The colonial experience and pedagogies of display

ABSTRACT

The quote in the title of this paper is taken from the first line of Marc Depaepe’s article “An Agenda for the History of Colonial Education”, published in The Colonial Experience in Education (Ghent, 1995). This presentation takes as its focus the informal learning space of the museum and the art gallery, and the emergence in recent years of curatorial activism. It seeks to explore the changing discourse and politics around addressing through display the history of colonialism and its meaning in today’s globalised world.     

殖民统治酿造的悲剧性结局--析E·M·福斯特的《印度之行》

<印度之行>是20世纪英国著名小说家福斯特的一部最成功的小说.这部作品真实地反映了英国殖民者和印度人民之间存在的矛盾与冲突,昭显了英帝国主义的殖民统治是造成种种悲剧的症结之所在.本文从"联谊会"的失败;马拉巴山洞游玩的悲剧性结局;穆尔夫人客死他乡;菲尔丁和阿齐兹友谊的破裂四个方面来论述英国殖民者对印度和印度人民殖民统治的悲剧性结局.