Explain postcolonial studies.

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Said, as a postcolonial theorist, underscores the subjective dimensions of Western expansion into non-Western societies. Developing largely out of English and comparative literature departments, postcolonial studies examines the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized as it is inscribed in language.

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Sociology

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Sociology