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

• Autore: Weaver-Hightower Rebecca
• 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
• ISBN: 0-8166-9870-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451604703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II