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Coolitude is a term coined by Mauritian poet Khal Torabully to describe the cultural interaction of the Indian or Chinese "coolie" diaspora, and by extension also similar migrations. [1]

11 relations: Blackbirding, Chinese people, Coolie, Creolization, Culture, Diaspora, Essentialism, India, Khal Torabully, Postcolonialism, Subaltern (postcolonialism).

Blackbirding

Blackbirding is the coercion of people through trickery and kidnapping to work as labourers.

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Chinese people

Chinese people are the various individuals or ethnic groups associated with China, usually through ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship or other affiliation.

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Coolie

The word coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, cooli, cooly and quli); (Hindi: कुली, Tamil: கூலி, Telugu: కూలీ, Chinese: 苦力) meaning a labourer, has a variety of other implications and is sometimes regarded as offensive or a pejorative, depending upon the historical and geographical context.

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Creolization

Creolization is the process in which Creole cultures emerge in the New World.

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Culture

Culture is the social behavior and norms found in human societies.

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Diaspora

A diaspora (/daɪˈæspərə/) is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.

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Essentialism

Essentialism is the view that every entity has a set of attributes that are necessary to its identity and function.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Khal Torabully

Khal Torabully is a Mauritian and French poet, who has coined the concept of "coolitude." Born in Mauritius in 1956, in the capital city Port Louis, his father was a Trinidadian sailor and his mother was a descendant of migrants from India and Malaya.

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Postcolonialism

Postcolonialism or postcolonial studies is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonised people and their lands.

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Subaltern (postcolonialism)

In critical theory and postcolonialism, the term subaltern designates the populations which are socially, politically, and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolitude

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