Representing Mixed Race in Jamaica and England from the Abolition Era to the Present |
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| Author:
| Salih, S. |
| Series title: | Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-86883-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $79.99 |
Book Description:
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This study considers cultural representations of "brown" people in Jamaica and England alongside the determinations of race by statute from the Abolition era onwards. Through close readings of contemporary fictions and "histories," Salih probes the extent to which colonial ideologies may have been underpinned by what might be called subject-cons
This study considers cultural representations of "brown" people in Jamaica and England alongside the determinations of race by statute from the Abolition era onwards. Through close readings of contemporary fictions and "histories," Salih probes the extent to which colonial ideologies may have been underpinned by what might be called subject-cons