Gender and colonial space [[electronic resource] /] / Sara Mills

• Autore: Mills Sara <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4209171/2410904
• Soggetto topico: Feminist theory; Feminist geography; Gender identity in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Postcolonialism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-191) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 9780719053351; 9780719053351; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Colonial subjectivity,gender and space; 3 Knowing and viewing landscape; 4 Public and domestic colonialarchitecture; 5 Indigenous spatiality within thecolonial sphere; 6 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides a trenchant analysis of social relations - notions of class, nationality, gender, spatial relations, landscape, topography and travel - in postcolonial contexts Draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary texts to illustrate a fresh, more materialist approach to postcolonial theory Demonstrates the importance of gender in the postcolonial theorising of space Concentrates on the period of 'high' British colonialism at the close of the nineteenth century, and examines a range of contexts across India, Africa, America, Australia and Britain Illustrates how relations must be analys
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender and colonial space
• ISBN: 1-84779-521-8; 1-78170-228-4; 1-84779-381-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463673403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II