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Autore |
Sharpe Jenny |
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Titolo |
Allegories of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Colonies in literature |
English fiction - History and criticism |
Imperialism in literature |
Women and literature - Great Britain - Colonies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction. |
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