03351nam 2200769Ia 450 991078180570332120230721032342.00-8166-9870-8(CKB)1000000000488201(EBL)340769(OCoLC)476156613(SSID)ssj0000146178(PQKBManifestationID)11137356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146178(PQKBWorkID)10183054(PQKB)11667520(MiAaPQ)EBC340769(OCoLC)229033891(MdBmJHUP)muse39127(Au-PeEL)EBL340769(CaPaEBR)ebr10225515(CaONFJC)MIL522461(EXLCZ)99100000000048820120061211d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmpire islands[electronic resource] castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest /Rebecca Weaver-HightowerMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20071 online resource (310 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4863-8 0-8166-4862-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Monarchs of all they survey -- Disciplined islands : white fatherhood, homosocial masculinity, and law -- Voracious cannibals, rapacious pirates, and threats of counterincorporation -- "Falling to the lowest degree of brutishness" : wild men, monsters, and the bestial taint -- Island parodies and Crusoe pantomimes : resistance from within -- The U.S. island fantasy, or cast away with Gilligan.Through a detailed unpacking of the castaway genre's appeal in English literature, Empire Islands forwards our understanding of the sociopsychology of British Empire. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower argues convincingly that by helping generations of readers to make sense of, and perhaps feel better about, imperial aggression, the castaway story in effect enabled the expansion and maintenance of European empire. Empire Islands asks why so many colonial authors chose islands as the setting for their storIslands in literatureEnglish fictionHistory and criticismEnglish fictionEnglish-speaking countriesHistory and criticismCastaways in literatureImperialism in literatureCannibalism in literaturePirates in literatureMonsters in literaturePsychology in literaturePsychoanalysis and literatureIslands in literature.English fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.Castaways in literature.Imperialism in literature.Cannibalism in literature.Pirates in literature.Monsters in literature.Psychology in literature.Psychoanalysis and literature.823.009/32Weaver-Hightower Rebecca908591MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781805703321Empire islands3859697UNINA