Allegories of empire : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe
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| Autore: |
Sharpe Jenny
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| Titolo: |
Allegories of empire : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.4 |
| 823.009/352042 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Colonies in literature |
| English fiction - History and criticism | |
| Imperialism in literature | |
| Women and literature - Great Britain - Colonies | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Neocolonial Conditions of Reading; 2. The Rise of Women in an Age of Progress; 3. The Civilizing Mission Disfigured; 4. The Rise of Memsahibs in an Age of Empire: On the Face of the Waters; 5. The Unspeakable Limits of Civility: A Passage to India; 6. The Ruins of Time: The Jewel in the Crown; Appendix; Notes; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Allegories of empire |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-8428-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819566003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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