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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457872403321

Autore

Sharpe Jenny

Titolo

Allegories of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993

ISBN

0-8166-8428-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

305.4

823.009/352042

Soggetti

Colonies in literature

English fiction - History and criticism

Imperialism in literature

Women and literature - Great Britain - Colonies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Neocolonial Conditions of Reading; 2. The Rise of Women in an Age of Progress; 3. The Civilizing Mission Disfigured; 4. The Rise of Memsahibs in an Age of Empire: On the Face of the Waters; 5. The Unspeakable Limits of Civility: A Passage to India; 6. The Ruins of Time: The Jewel in the Crown; Appendix; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction.