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The Theoretical and Methodological Framework: Postcolonial Theory, Double Consciousness, and Study Design

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This chapter identifies the influences of colonial discourses on the culture, history, identity, and literature of colonized peoples, towards the diasporic condition in which non-Western cultures infiltrated the colonial centre. It also explains how the colonial enterprise sought to cause an ebb in indigenous cultures as part of its so-called civilizing mission, but inadvertently caused a flow of cultural dispersion. This chapter extensively explores the concept of double consciousness, as conceptualized by both Du Bois and Gilroy, as a result of this cultural diffusion, and its implications, and addresses the study design in terms of case study, the interview approach, and data collection design.

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Abdul-Jabbar, W.K. (2019). The Theoretical and Methodological Framework: Postcolonial Theory, Double Consciousness, and Study Design. In: Negotiating Diasporic Identity in Arab-Canadian Students. Palgrave Studies in Educational Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16283-2_4

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