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England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-century Fiction
Blake, Prof. Ann; Gandhi, Leela; Thomas, Sue. Ed(S): Blake, Prof. Ann; Gandhi, Leela; Thomas, Sue
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hardcover. During and after the British Empire, what have writers from those cultures made of England, the English, and issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity and desire when they have travelled or emigrated to England? This question is answered through studies of the domestic novel and essays. Editor(s): Blake, Prof. Ann; Gandhi, Leela; Thomas, Sue. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
Much attention has focused on the imperial gaze at colonised peoples, cultures, and lands. But, during and after the British Empire, what have writers from those cultures made of England, the English, and issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and desire when they have travelled, expatriated, or emigrated to England? This question is addressed through studies of the domestic novel and the Bildungsroman , and through essays on Mansfield, Rhys, Stead, Emecheta, Lessing, Naipaul, Emecheta, Rushdie and Dabydeen.
Much attention has focused on the imperial gaze at colonised peoples, cultures, and lands. But, during and after the British Empire, what have writers from those cultures made of England, the English, and issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and desire when they have travelled, expatriated, or emigrated to England? This question is addressed through studies of the domestic novel and the Bildungsroman , and through essays on Mansfield, Rhys, Stead, Emecheta, Lessing, Naipaul, Emecheta, Rushdie and Dabydeen.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
Number of Pages
207
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333737446
SKU
V9780333737446
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About Blake, Prof. Ann; Gandhi, Leela; Thomas, Sue. Ed(S): Blake, Prof. Ann; Gandhi, Leela; Thomas, Sue
ANN BLAKE is Honorary Associate of La Trobe University (formerly Senior Lecturer). Her previous publications include Christina Stead's Politics of Place and articles on Shakespeare, Renaissance theatre and crime fiction. LEELA GANDHI is Senior Lecturer in English at La Trobe University. She is the author of Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction and co-editor of the journal Postcolonial Studies. ... Read more
Reviews for England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-century Fiction
'This innovative and important study offers new perspectives on a range of twentieth century colonial writers from the Indian subcontinent, Canada, Australia, the Caribbean, and Africa. In particular, it offers new perspectives on Britain by allowing us to encounter English or British attitudes, landscapes, and events through the eyes of different groups of visitors and immigrants from the colonies - ... Read more