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

Her recent marriage to the Tennessean John Henry Eaton, Jackson’s longtime subaltern, and new secretary of war, catapulted her to national visibility. 

From Salon • Mar. 16, 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

We were interrupted by a subaltern, who scolded us and told us to leave the body lie.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson