De-Scribing Empire Post-Colonialism and Textuality |
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Editor:
| Tiffin, Chris Lawson, Alan |
ISBN: | 978-0-415-10547-7 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1994 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $70.99 |
Book Description:
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A stunning collection of first-class essays examining the formative role of books, writing and textuality in imperial control and the fashioning of colonial world-views. Helpful and important reading for students of post-colonial criticism.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...
More DescriptionA stunning collection of first-class essays examining the formative role of books, writing and textuality in imperial control and the fashioning of colonial world-views. Helpful and important reading for students of post-colonial criticism.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 is an important text for students in post-colonialist criticism.