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Empire islands [[electronic resource] ] : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower



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Autore: Weaver-Hightower Rebecca Visualizza persona
Titolo: Empire islands [[electronic resource] ] : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
Disciplina: 823.009/32
Soggetto topico: Islands in literature
English fiction - History and criticism
English fiction - English-speaking countries - History and criticism
Castaways in literature
Imperialism in literature
Cannibalism in literature
Pirates in literature
Monsters in literature
Psychology in literature
Psychoanalysis and literature
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 stor
Titolo autorizzato: Empire islands  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-9870-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451604703321
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