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

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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: 9781134846054
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/11/2002
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Alan Lawson, Chris Tiffin

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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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