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Autobiography and Decolonization
Philip Holden
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Description for Autobiography and Decolonization
Hardcover. Reveals connections between the writing of individual lives and of the narratives of nations emerging from colonialism. This book focusses on the autobiographies of nationalist leaders in the process of decolonization, attending to them not simply as partial historical documents, but as texts involved in remaking the world views of their readers. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Philip Holden reveals deeply gendered connections between the writing of individual lives and of the narratives of nations emerging from colonialism. ""Autobiography and Decolonization"" is the first book to give serious academic attention to autobiographies of nationalist leaders in the process of decolonization, attending to them not simply as partial historical documents, but as texts involved in remaking the world views of their readers.Holden examines Mohandas K. Gandhi's ""An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth"", Marcus Garvey's fragmentary Autobiography, Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford's ""Ethiopia Unbound:, Lee Kuan Yew's ""The Singapore Story"", Nelson Mandela's ""Long Walk to Freedom"", Jawaharlal ... Read more
Philip Holden reveals deeply gendered connections between the writing of individual lives and of the narratives of nations emerging from colonialism. ""Autobiography and Decolonization"" is the first book to give serious academic attention to autobiographies of nationalist leaders in the process of decolonization, attending to them not simply as partial historical documents, but as texts involved in remaking the world views of their readers.Holden examines Mohandas K. Gandhi's ""An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth"", Marcus Garvey's fragmentary Autobiography, Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford's ""Ethiopia Unbound:, Lee Kuan Yew's ""The Singapore Story"", Nelson Mandela's ""Long Walk to Freedom"", Jawaharlal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299226107
SKU
V9780299226107
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About Philip Holden
Philip Holden is associate professor of English at the National University of Singapore. His books include Modern Subjects/Colonial Texts; Orienting Masculinity, Orienting Nation; and (with Richard Ruppel) Imperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities and Colonial Literature.
Reviews for Autobiography and Decolonization
Complex and nuanced in its treatment of colonialism, modernity, and the ways in which the leaders of emerging nations have identified themselves and their nation in one story. - Susanna Egan, University of British Columbia ""This fluent, readable study rests on careful and copious research and combines the gravitas of an authoritative, established study with fresh postcolonial and postmillennial insights."" ... Read more