Melancholia –
“Is the concept of ‘melancholia’ helpful for understanding postcoloniality?”
Contents:
A Brief History of ‘Melancholia’
Melancholia in Sociology
Mitscherlich’s Melancholia of Germany
Gilroy’s Melancholia of Post-Colonial Britain
Butler’s Melancholia of Freud
Melancholic Postcoloniality
Bengali Hindus in Berne
Germany’s Next Topmodel by Heidi Klum
Conclusion: Varying uses of Melancholia – Melancholia everywhere?
Written for Gender and Postcolonial Theory
MSc in Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
London School of Economics and Political Science
April 2009
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