Post-colonialism: blog task

1) Summarise the three theorists we have looked at: Alvarado, Fanon and Said.

alvarado- representation of people can be put into four groups which are; 

• exotic
• dangerous 
• humorous
• pitied

fanon- putting on the white mask in order to fit in with "white people" initially aimed at black people but can be aimed at anyone.

said-  theory was based on orientalsim ,east vs west (poor vs rich)

2) Watch the opening of Yasmin (2004) again. Does it offer a positive or negative view of British Muslims? To what extent does it reinforce or challenge Edward Said's theory of Orientalism - that the west is superior to the exotic or uncivilised east?

one example is through the use of how Faisel used a finger to eat peanut butter over a spoon , another way is through the way the tea was cooked. Yasmin on the other hand shows the clash between east vs west, this is done through how she changes clothes when going work and when she is in the community she dresses differently. it reinforces said theory as faisel is shown as uncivilised but also can not speak English so this could suggest exotic.

3) Finally, choose THREE clips for EACH of the theorists and explain how you could apply that theory to the clip. Pick a selection of clips on YouTube from TV, film, music video or advertising and embed them in your blog before writing your analysis under each clip. Note: this means you need NINE clips in total on this blogpost.

alvarado-

fanon

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