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Post-Colonial Reading in Yasmine Gooneratne’s
A Change Of Skies and The Pleasure of Conquest

J. Anitha M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.


Yasmine Gooneratne, Pic ChinthakaKumarasinghe
Courtesy: http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2007/10/28/plus06.asp

Post-colonial Literature and Feminism

Post-colonial literature reflects the effects of colonialism. The word post refers to the end of the formal colonial rule. If one articulates the word colonization, his mind will first remember the word British and by uttering the term ‘Post-colonialism’, one readily looks at the world created after the end of British colonization. The situation started when British conquered different continents by using different tools. British colonization is a grand process because it took a long time to establish its dynasty. The British Empire was at one time, referred to as “the Empire on which the sun never sets”.

Post-colonial feminism is a form of feminism that developed as a response to the fact that feminism seemed to focus solely on the experiences of women in western culture. Postcolonial feminism seeks to account for the way that racism and the long-lasting political, economic, and cultural effects of colonialism affect non-white, non-Western women in the post colonial world. Women continue to be disproportionately assigned the task of ‘preserving nation’s culture and traditions’, comments Uma Narayan in her analysis of the position of third world women within the host diasporic cultures. Sri Lankan authors writing in English, too, strive to explore these multiple “differences” and have gained increasing critical attention in recent times, both from within the country as well as from around the world.

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J. Anitha, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil.
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Department of English
Sri Kaliswari College
Sivakasi 626123
Tamilnadu
India
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