subaltern

Example Sentences

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The islands, which fell under Danish rule in the fourteenth century, became self-governing in 1948, but the relationship between the two countries remains that of a resentful subaltern state and a condescending colonial power.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

The colonial past is alive in his work—Houellebecq was born on subaltern soil, for god’s sake—and I think he often winks at his crappy narrators enjoying the lingering fruits of empire.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2015

It’s a kind of subaltern modernism, in which the pioneering of new desires and possible futures also serves as a form of armour against the psychological effects of entrenched inequality.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2014

But times have changed, so Mr. Chavarria was in San Diego on Thursday morning, helping to kick off the comic arts conference with a discussion of indigenous cultures and subaltern heroes.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2012

He imagined that a call would come to him, a voice of Command, the voice of a subaltern of God, hashmarks running down his arm for a thousand miles.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy