This book is a theoretical exploration of contemporary forms of resistance, which portrays different ways in which people react to oppression and either resist or consent to hegemonic forces. Responses to repressive dominant ideologies were studied in the context of forms of postcolonial oppression.The analysis contains critical explorations of various cultural phenomena as manifestations of resistance, conformity or subordination, and reconstructs different states of resistance.The opening question from which the analysis sets out is whether or not people resist the dominant...

The definition of prejudice provided by Gordon Allport 60 years ago is still used as an authoritative definition of the term prejudice: aversive or hostile attitude toward a person who belongs to a group, simply because he belongs to that group, and is therefore presumed to have the objectionable qualities ascribed to that group. Unfortunately, prejudice is not simply an attitude that remains internal to its owner; it impacts behavior. When negative attitudes on the basis of differences translate into behavior, we have as a result, discrimination and the social inequality it ...