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Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism
Simon Gikandi
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Description for Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism
Paperback. Gikandi explores the politics of identity to analyze how the colonial experience inspired narrative forms that changed the nature of the English identity by surveying the British imperial tradition since the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
Gikandi explores the politics of identity to analyze how the colonial experience inspired narrative forms that changed the nature of the English identity by surveying the British imperial tradition since the nineteenth century. He provides detailed readings of the works of Trollope, Carlyle, and others; through the narratives of imperial women travelers such as Mary Kingsley and Mary Seacole; and through Africanist texts by Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene and postcolonialists such as Salman Rushdie and Joan Riley.
Gikandi explores the politics of identity to analyze how the colonial experience inspired narrative forms that changed the nature of the English identity by surveying the British imperial tradition since the nineteenth century. He provides detailed readings of the works of Trollope, Carlyle, and others; through the narratives of imperial women travelers such as Mary Kingsley and Mary Seacole; and through Africanist texts by Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene and postcolonialists such as Salman Rushdie and Joan Riley.
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231105996
SKU
V9780231105996
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99-15
About Simon Gikandi
Simon E. Gikandi is professor of English language and literature at the University of Michigan.
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