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interpellate
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In the case of the TRC, the Commission, acting in the name of the State, interpellates individuals by hailing all those who were "victimized" by the traumatic legacy of apartheid as united "South Africans".
To borrow a term from Althusser, Travin's statement "Look at him" interpellates both Julius and the viewer, encouraging us to participate in a sign system in which DeVito's body signifies "genetic garbage" and Schwarzenegger's body is DeVito's golden opposite, the sign of perfection.
Ashcroft, Griffiths & Tiffen describe modern surveillance of imperial nation states, which implies a viewer with an elevated vantage point from which it objectifies and interpellates the colonised subject.
 
 
 
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