Colonial memory : contemporary women's travel writing in Britain and the Netherlands / / Sarah De Mul [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781600003321
• Autore: Mul Sarah de
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-33446-1; 9786613334466; 90-485-1385-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 820.932
• Soggetti: Travel writing - Women authors - History and criticism; Travelers' writings, English - History and criticism; Travelers' writings, Dutch - History and criticism; English prose literature - Women authors - History and criticism; Dutch prose literature - Women authors - History and criticism; Women - Travel; Women travelers; Postcolonialism in literature; Imperialism in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. 'Yesterday does not go by' -- Chapter 1. A trip down memory lane. Colonial memory in women's travel writing -- Chapter 2. Women' s memory of Rhodesia, the Dutch East Indies and Dutch and British cultures of colonial remembrance -- Chapter 3. Nostalgic memory in Aya Zikken's Terug naar de atlasvlinder -- Chapter 4. Indo postmemory in Marion Bloem's Muggen Mensen Olifanten -- Chapter 5. Everyday memory in Doris Lessing's African laughter. Four visits to Zimbabwe -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <p>Exploring the intersections of memory, gender, and the postcolonial, <i>Colonial Memory</i> explores the phenomenon of colonial memory through the specific genre of women's travel writing. ; Building on criticism of memory and travel writing, Sarah De Mul seeks to open Dutch literature to postcolonial themes and concepts and to insert the history of the Dutch colonies and its critical recollection into the traditionally Anglophone-dominated field of postcolonial studies.</p><div>A vividly conceived and theoretically astute reading of the complicated weavings between the past and present involved in memory work and the process of nostalgic return. Elleke Boehmer, University of Oxford</div>