mimic man
mimic man · mimic men
Post-colonial person trained up to be “almost the same, but not quite” as an…Post-colonial person trained up to be “almost the same, but not quite” as an individual of the pre-independence colonist, resulting in ambivalence or alienation
Meaning
2 sensesPost-colonial person trained up to be “almost the same, but not quite” as an individual of the pre-independence colonist, resulting in ambivalence or alienation
A man exhibiting the attributes of mimic men
Origin
Coined by Indian critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha in 1984 in his article Of Mimicry and MaCoined by Indian critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha in 1984 in his article Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse by back-formation from mimic men.
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