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Sharpe Jenny
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Titolo: |
Allegories of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe
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Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 |
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 | |
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: | 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.: | 9910457872403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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