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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812296803321

Autore

Nixon Rob <1954->

Titolo

London calling [[Recurso electrónico] ] : V.S. Naipaul, postcolonial Mandarin / / Rob Nixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

0-19-772498-1

1-280-44071-6

0-19-536196-2

1-60129-799-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

823.914

Soggetti

Authors, Trinidadian - History and criticism

Intercultural communication in literature

Culture conflict in literature

Postcolonialism in literature

Travel in literature

Autobiography

London (England) 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

Contents; Naipaul's Chronology; Introduction; 1. The License of Exile; 2. Naipaul and the Traditions of Travel; 3. At the Generic Crossroads: Travel Writing, Ethnography, and Autobiography; 4. Preparations for Travel: Naipaul's Conradian Atavism; 5. The Terms of Dismissal: 'Barbarism,' 'Primitivism,' and 'Simple Societies'; 6. 'Mimicry,' 'Parasitism,' and Resistance; Conclusion: A Kinder, Gentler Naipaul?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging the popular view that Naipaul is a literary mediator between First and Third World experience in the post-colonial era, this study argues that his work articulates a set of values that perpetuates



political interests that have their origin in the Imperial age.