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In postcolonial theory, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's influential essay 'Can the Subaltern Speak?' critically examines representation and power. Which central argument is most closely associated with Spivak's analysis?
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- 1Colonial discourse completely and accurately represents marginalized voices
- 2Subaltern groups can easily express their perspectives within dominant social structures
- 3Ideological and institutional structures of power systematically silence the subaltern✓
- 4Postcolonial literature automatically eliminates all forms of historical hierarchy
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Ideological and institutional structures of power systematically silence the subaltern
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