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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463673403321

Autore

Mills Sara <1954->

Titolo

Gender and colonial space [[electronic resource] /] / Sara Mills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-84779-521-8

1-78170-228-4

1-84779-381-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

305.4209171/2410904

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Feminist geography

Gender identity in literature

Postcolonialism in literature

Postcolonialism

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 (p. 173-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719053351; 9780719053351; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Colonial subjectivity,gender and space; 3 Knowing and viewing landscape; 4 Public and domestic colonialarchitecture; 5 Indigenous spatiality within thecolonial sphere; 6 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a trenchant analysis of social relations - notions of class, nationality, gender, spatial relations, landscape, topography and travel - in postcolonial contexts Draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary texts to illustrate a fresh, more materialist approach to postcolonial theory Demonstrates the importance of gender in the postcolonial theorising of space Concentrates on the period of 'high' British colonialism at the close of the nineteenth century, and examines a range of contexts across India, Africa, America, Australia and Britain Illustrates how relations must be analys