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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808154603321

Titolo

Economies of representation, 1790-2000 : colonialism and commerce / / edited by Leigh Dale and Helen Gilbert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-003-06342-X

0-367-89299-5

1-351-15923-2

9780827786896

1-351-15924-0

1-351-15922-4

1-281-20799-3

9786611207991

0-7546-8246-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DaleLeigh

GilbertHelen

Disciplina

820.93553

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Colonies in literature

Commerce in literature

Capitalism in literature

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

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Colonialism and Commerce; Part II: Reading Exchange; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Although postcolonialism has emerged as one of the most significant theoretical movements in literary and cultural studies, it has paid scant attention to the importance of trade and trade relations to debates about culture. Focusing on the past two centuries, this volume investigates the links among trade, colonialism, and forms of representation, posing the question, 'What is the historical or modern



relationship between economic inequality and imperial patterns of representation and reading?' Rather than dealing exclusively with a particular industry or type of industry, the contributors take up the issue of how various economies have been represented in Aboriginal art; in literature by North American, Caribbean, Portuguese, South African, First nation's, Australian, British, and Aboriginal authors; and in a diverse range of writings that includes travel diaries, missionary texts, the findings of the Leprosy Investigation Commission, early medical accounts and media representations of HIV/AIDS. Examining trade in commodities as various as illicit drugs, liquor, bananas, tourism, adventure fiction, and modern Aboriginal art, as well as cultural exchanges in politics, medicine, and literature, the essays reflect the widespread origins of the contributors themselves, who are based throughout the English-speaking world. Taken as a whole, this book contests the commonplace view promoted by some modern economists-that trade in and of itself has a leveling effect, equalising cultures, places, and peoples-demonstrating instead the ways in which commerce has created and exacerbated differences in power."--Provided by publisher.