American+Intervention+and+Post-Colonial+Criticism


 * Watch** The Daily Show clip on the below link. It is entitled "America's Freedom Packages".

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-march-21-2011/america-s-freedom-packages


 * 1) What is your definition of post-colonialism?**


 * Note:** Refer to the "What post-colonial critics do" class handout. Remember the sculpture of the "Man on the Bicycle" and the accompanying Appiah article that we read together in class. Remember our reading of Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America" If you still aren't sure about Post-Colonial criticism, check out this explanation:

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/critical_define/crit_post.html

2) **Opinion: Is Jon Stewart's satire a post-colonial reading of American intervention in the Middle East? Do you think that Stewart has grounds for this criticism? Why or why not?**