Historical Context

• Postcolonial Interpretation = Decolonised people develop a postcolonial identity based on cultural interactions between different identities which are assigned varying degrees of social power by the colonial society
• Psychoanalytic Interpretation = There is no single identity; we are always open to the other
• The American Dream = the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative; James Adams
• The Jewish Diaspora = the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 BCE
• Partition in India = India was separated into 2 countries Pakistan for Muslims and India for Hindus around 1947
• Windrush generation = People arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries
• The Mayflower = the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
• Early European Trade & Exploration = Occured 1450-1600
• Imperialism


  domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
• Religious Fundamentalism


  religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy