{"id":844,"date":"2019-08-28T09:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T13:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/?page_id=844"},"modified":"2019-08-28T09:42:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T13:42:54","slug":"week-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/the-postcolonial-course\/week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5: Can the Subaltern Speak?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tue. 9\/26<\/strong>\u00a0Ritu Tyagi, \u201cUnderstanding Postcolonial Feminism in Relation with Postcolonial and Feminist Theories.\u201d International Journal of Language and Linguistics<\/em> 1.2 (2014):\u00a045-50.<\/p>\n

Imaginary Worlds Podcast, \u201cSlave Leia<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Persuasion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

While texts certainly contain information, they are not primarily conveyers of this inert knowledge. Rather, texts are rhetorically purposeful messages aimed at effecting some change in the reader\u2019s view of the subject. As readers become more aware that texts are trying to change their views in some way, we can interrogate texts more actively, trying to decide what to accept and what to doubt. Write brief responses (100-200 words) to each of the following questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Before I read \u201cUnderstanding Po-co Feminism,\u201d Tyagi assumed that I believed…<\/li>\n
  2. After I finished reading \u201cUnderstanding Po-co Feminism,\u201d Tyagi wanted me to believe…<\/li>\n
  3. Tyagi was\/was not successful in changing my view. How so? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thurs. 9\/28<\/strong>\u00a0Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/em> (2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tue. 9\/26\u00a0Ritu Tyagi, \u201cUnderstanding Postcolonial Feminism in Relation with Postcolonial and Feminist Theories.\u201d International Journal of Language and Linguistics 1.2 (2014):\u00a045-50. Imaginary Worlds Podcast, \u201cSlave Leia\u201d Persuasion While texts certainly contain information, they are not primarily conveyers of this inert … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"parent":738,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/844\/revisions\/881"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/postcolonialstarwars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}