Talk:Homi K. Bhabha

Criticisms
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Thank you. Hay4 18:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what the page was like before, but it now conforms to these principles, though I would be interested if a (cited/sourced) criticism of Bhabha's central theme could be added to position the debate a little more, especially if there is a counter response. Paul haynes 14:16, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

On a purely stylistic note, shouldn't Bhabha's response to criticisms be a subheading to the Criticisms of Bhabha's work section, rather than a section of its own? It seems odd to have two sections with one subsection each, and preferable to have one section with two related subsections.Cnilep (talk) 21:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

K.?
Could someone please insert what the 'K.' in his name stands for? -- Fullstop 07:32, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Books/articles list corrected
Identity: The Real Me removed from list of books edited by Bhabha. It was edited by Lisa Appignanesi, published 1987 by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Entry from Bodleian catalogue: Title 	Identity: the real me / [editor, Lisa Appignansi] Publisher 	London : Institute of Contemporary Arts, c1987 Description 	48 p. : ill., ports ; 30 cm Series 	ICA documents ; 6 Notes 	Includes bibliographies ISBN 0905263464 Subjects 	Identity (Philosophical concept) Other Names 	Appignanesi, Lisa. Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, England) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.5.38 (talk) 17:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC)


 * (2004) The Third World of Theory with Henry Louis Gates Removed. This seems to be a phantom book of Henry Louis Gates which was never published (no copies are listed in WorldCat). The inclusion of Bhabha's name was an error on Amazon.com.

Notable Ideas
Says who? Where? Note also that something enunciatory won Bhabha the second-place prize in the Bad Writing Contest of 1998. rudra (talk) 10:16, 14 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The Bad Writing award has been included. When I find time, I would like to expand more on his ideas. For the person who keeps removing the criticism from the lead, here is the place to explain/justify that. — Zujine |talk 15:37, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Added come key concepts of his from his book Location of Culture including ambivalence, cultural difference, mimicry, and Third space. Possibly link the hybridity section to the post-colonial subheading of the hybridity page? Time-lag and his discussion on modernity could be added.Dvo19 (talk) 23:00, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Zoroastrianism
That he is (said to come) from a Parsi family is a mildly interesting fact, but isn't the label "Parsi people" (let alone the links to "Project Zoroastrianism") over the top? Feketekave (talk) 01:56, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

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Anne F. Rothenberg Professor Meaning?
Sorry if this isn’t the right place for this. The page says he is the “Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of Humanities” but I’m completely unable to find what this title means as oppose to just a regular profressof of humanities. I can’t even find who the Anne F. Rothenberg I assume the title is named after is suppose to be. Vinamasmi (talk) 02:02, 26 April 2024 (UTC)