LEADER 04232nam 2200805Ia 450 001 9910808154603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-003-06342-X 010 $a0-367-89299-5 010 $a1-351-15923-2 010 $a9780827786896 010 $a1-351-15924-0 010 $a1-351-15922-4 010 $a1-281-20799-3 010 $a9786611207991 010 $a0-7546-8246-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781351159241 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399878 035 $a(EBL)438399 035 $a(OCoLC)318673209 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000143804 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12045992 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143804 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10119631 035 $a(PQKB)10130980 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438399 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10209210 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL120799 035 $a(OCoLC)1067230670 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1067230670 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781351159241 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438399 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5165938 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399878 100 $a20070329d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEconomies of representation, 1790-2000 $ecolonialism and commerce /$fedited by Leigh Dale and Helen Gilbert 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aAldershot $cAshgate$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8153-8873-X 311 $a0-7546-6257-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Colonialism and Commerce; Part II: Reading Exchange; Bibliography; Index 330 2 $a"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. 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aColonies in literature 606 $aCommerce in literature 606 $aCapitalism in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aColonies in literature. 615 0$aCommerce in literature. 615 0$aCapitalism in literature. 676 $a820.93553 701 $aDale$b Leigh$01635840 701 $aGilbert$b Helen$01325044 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808154603321 996 $aEconomies of representation, 1790-2000$94185922 997 $aUNINA