Below is a glossary article post in the category P which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Postcolonial Art based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Postcolonial Art
So, what is actually meant by Postcolonial Art?
Postcolonial art refers to the art produced in response to the rules of colonial government, often discussing the issue of national and cultural identity, race and ethnicity.
Explanation of Postcolonial Art
Postcolonial theory, which sustains postcolonial art, is not only related to the time after that a nation gained independence from its colonial authorities. This analyzes and responds to the cultural heritage of colonialism and human consequences from controlling a country to exploit the natives and their land. In doing this also discusses how the community and culture of non-European people can be seen from the perspective of Western cultural knowledge; How this is used to conquer people into the colony of the European parent country; and the identity produced from ‘invaders’ and ‘colonized’.
The intellectual born in Martinique Frantz Fanon is one of the leading anti-colonial thinkers of the twentieth century, and provides a theoretical framework to interpret individual oppression under imperialism-important elements of many postcolonial arts. An important influence on Fanon’s ideas is the teacher and mentor Aimé Césaire is one of the leaders of the Négritude movement. In books such as Whetched of the Earth which was first published in 1961, Fanon analyzed the effects of colonialism and decolonization and the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for national liberation. This and other books initiated an investigation of diversity and hierarchy in postcolonial culture conducted by writers such as Edward Said, Stuart Hall and Homi Bhabha.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix P, as well as terms associated with P.
Meaning of Postcolonial Art in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Postcolonial Art.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Seni postkolonial (Indonesian), Seni postcolonial (Java), and Seni postcolonial in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Seni postcolonial.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Postcolonial Art.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix P. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=postcolonial-art
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=postcolonial-art
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