padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
you mean the subaltern
yeah. basically fanon - the father of postcolonialism - filtered through the prism of foucault. it literally means exclusion from global power structures; I've also heard it defined as that which does not act but is acted upon (in an existential sense). having to adopt a colonial mode of thought + discourse is a point fanon was very big on, i.e. black skin white masks. chinua achebe, a contemporary of fanon, also addresses it - brilliantly - in no longer at ease (the sequel to things fall apart). + achebe's searing takedown of the heart of darkness is pretty much a required postcolonial text, up there w/fanon + orientalism. tho i'm really not an expert, i've just dabbled a bit.