The Past as Legacy and Project: Postcolonial Criticism in the Perspective of Indigenous Historicism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arif Dirlik
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 1-31
Description
Discussion about nations being imagined, traditions invented and claims to the contrary being dismissed. The article argues that to denial authenticity to cultural claims, beyond localized constructions, is a denial of the past.