De-Scribing Empire: Post-Colonialism and Textuality
De-Scribing Empire is a stunning collection of first-class essays. Collectively they examine the formative role of books, writing and textuality in imperial control and the fashioning of colonial world-views. The volume as a whole puts forward strategies for understanding and neutralising that control, and as such is a major contribution to the field. It will be invaluable for students in post-colonialist criticism.
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De-Scribing Empire: Post-Colonialism and Textuality
De-Scribing Empire is a stunning collection of first-class essays. Collectively they examine the formative role of books, writing and textuality in imperial control and the fashioning of colonial world-views. The volume as a whole puts forward strategies for understanding and neutralising that control, and as such is a major contribution to the field. It will be invaluable for students in post-colonialist criticism.
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De-Scribing Empire: Post-Colonialism and Textuality

De-Scribing Empire: Post-Colonialism and Textuality

De-Scribing Empire: Post-Colonialism and Textuality

De-Scribing Empire: Post-Colonialism and Textuality

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De-Scribing Empire is a stunning collection of first-class essays. Collectively they examine the formative role of books, writing and textuality in imperial control and the fashioning of colonial world-views. The volume as a whole puts forward strategies for understanding and neutralising that control, and as such is a major contribution to the field. It will be invaluable for students in post-colonialist criticism.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415105460
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/18/1994
Pages: 266
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Lexile: 1530L (what's this?)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Alan Lawson, Chris Tiffin

Table of Contents

Contributors: Stephen Slemon, Bill Ashcroft, Chris Prentice, Terry Collits, Gareth Griffiths, John Coetzee, Helen Gilbert, Jo-Ann Wallace, Simon Ryan, Bridget Orr, Robert Dixon, Howard McNaughton, Fiona Giles, Sue Thomas, Paul Sharrad
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