LEADER 03351nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910781805703321 005 20230721032342.0 010 $a0-8166-9870-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000488201 035 $a(EBL)340769 035 $a(OCoLC)476156613 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146178 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137356 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146178 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183054 035 $a(PQKB)11667520 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC340769 035 $a(OCoLC)229033891 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39127 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL340769 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10225515 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522461 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000488201 100 $a20061211d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpire islands$b[electronic resource] $ecastaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest /$fRebecca Weaver-Hightower 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4863-8 311 $a0-8166-4862-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMonarchs 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. 330 $aThrough 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 stor 606 $aIslands in literature 606 $aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$zEnglish-speaking countries$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCastaways in literature 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aCannibalism in literature 606 $aPirates in literature 606 $aMonsters in literature 606 $aPsychology in literature 606 $aPsychoanalysis and literature 615 0$aIslands in literature. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCastaways in literature. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aCannibalism in literature. 615 0$aPirates in literature. 615 0$aMonsters in literature. 615 0$aPsychology in literature. 615 0$aPsychoanalysis and literature. 676 $a823.009/32 700 $aWeaver-Hightower$b Rebecca$0908591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781805703321 996 $aEmpire islands$93859697 997 $aUNINA