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Word forms acceptable. A book titled for this concept examines Lewis Nkosi’s Mating Birds and Timothy Findley’s Not Wanted on the Voyage as novels that “re-place” the text by “appropriating” the English language. Lorne Murchison enters Ontario politics in an early Canadian novel titled for a word form of this concept. Kim succeeds aesthetically because it fails politically according to an essay on “The Pleasures of [this concept].” This concept titles a punning 1989 overview of (*) postcolonial criticism by Ashcroft, Griffiths, and Tiffin. (10[1])Derek Walcott writes “A smell of dead (10[1])limes quickens in the nose / The (10[1])leprosy of [this concept]” (10[1])in “Ruins of (10[1])a Great House.” A form of this noun is the [emphasize] second title concept in a book that notes an Antiguan plantation funds (10[1])Mansfield Park and that identifies “Two Visions (10[1])in Heart of Darkness.” For 10 points, name this concept that an Edward Said book pairs with culture. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: empire [or imperialism; accept word forms; accept Culture and Imperialism; accept The Empire Writes Back; accept “The Pleasures of Imperialism”; accept The Imperialist]
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y10100%0%0%118.40

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club8210
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!8910
Taylor HarveySaint Peter Andre 3000The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub9610
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things PastQuasicrystal Silence10010
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessI would prefer not to10310
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleHang et al., Robert Browning12610
Rob CarsonBHSURomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill13310
Ethan Ashbrook[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?remembrance of lost time15110
Milan FernandezThe CanadiansEvans Hall destruction awaiters15210
Swapnil GargEvans Hall destruction awaitersThe Canadians1520
Justin WytmarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Toowave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp15210