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The BBC Young Dancer and the decolonizing imagination
South Asian Diaspora Pub Date : 2019-01-21 , DOI: 10.1080/19438192.2019.1568537
Magdalen Gorringe 1
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ABSTRACT The process of decolonisation requires a radical re-imagination of how we construct our identities – one that steps away from fictions of independence and essentialism to acknowledge the complex webs of dialogue and interdependence. It requires a self-conscious abandonment of identities that privilege nostalgia for an idealised past, whether this is perceived as lost through geographical dislocation or through the changes of history. This is a nostalgia that tends to underplay cultural interweaving in favour of cultural essentialism. This article discusses the televised competition, the BBC Young Dancer, which offers a model, albeit imperfect, for navigating between essentialism and assimilationism, thereby contributing to a decolonised imagination of our future. It includes a South Asian dance category that is situated as equally representative of ‘British’ dance. In this way it helps us to imagine a decolonised future, which acknowledges the past to allow us to shape new identities.

中文翻译:

BBC 年轻舞者和去殖民化的想象力

摘要 去殖民化的过程需要对我们如何构建我们的身份进行彻底的重新想象——一个远离独立和本质主义的虚构,承认对话和相互依存的复杂网络。它需要有意识地放弃对理想化的过去怀念的身份,无论这被认为是由于地理错位还是由于历史的变化而丢失。这是一种怀旧,倾向于淡化文化交织,支持文化本质主义。这篇文章讨论了电视转播的比赛,BBC 青年舞者,它提供了一个模型,尽管不完美,可以在本质主义和同化主义之间导航,从而为我们未来的非殖民化想象做出贡献。它包括一个同样代表“英国”舞蹈的南亚舞蹈类别。通过这种方式,它帮助我们想象一个非殖民化的未来,它承认过去,让我们能够塑造新的身份。
更新日期:2019-01-21
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