Homi Kharshedji Bhabha is an Indian scholar and critical theorist, born in 1949, who holds the Anne F. Rothenberg professorship of the humanities at Harvard University. He is one of the most important figures in contemporary postcolonial studies, developing several of the field's central concepts, including hybridity, mimicry, difference and ambivalence, terms describing ways colonized peoples have resisted the power of the colonizer. In 2012 he received the Padma Bhushan award in the field of literature and education from the Indian government.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountBombay, India (now Mumbai) 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountPostcolonial theorist who developed the field's key concepts of hybridity, mimicry and the Third Space, describing how colonized people negotiate and resist colonial power through cultural ambivalence. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Location of Culture (1994) 1 Connections
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Bhabha theory of colonial hybridity examined how the encounter between empire and the colonized produces ambivalent, mixed cultural forms rather than one-sided domination.
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1. Wikipedia: Homi K. Bhabha
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born 1 November 1949
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has developed a number of the field's neologisms and key concepts, such as hybridity, mimicry, difference, and ambivalence
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The Location of Culture
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Bombay, Province of Bombay, Dominion of India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
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