Allegories of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe
| Allegories of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe |
| Autore | Sharpe Jenny |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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. |
| ISBN | 0-8166-8428-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457872403321 |
Sharpe Jenny
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Allegories of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe
| Allegories of empire [[electronic resource] ] : the figure of woman in the colonial text / / Jenny Sharpe |
| Autore | Sharpe Jenny |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 |
| ISBN | 0-8166-8428-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784380403321 |
Sharpe Jenny
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ghosts of slavery [[electronic resource] ] : a literary archaeology of Black women's lives / / Jenny Sharpe
| Ghosts of slavery [[electronic resource] ] : a literary archaeology of Black women's lives / / Jenny Sharpe |
| Autore | Sharpe Jenny |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico |
West Indian literature (English) - History and criticism
Slavery in literature Women, Black - West Indies - Biography - History and criticism Women slaves - West Indies - Biography - History and criticism Slave insurrections - West Indies - Historiography Women, Black - West Indies - Intellectual life Women slaves - West Indies - Intellectual life Slaves' writings - History and criticism Women and literature - West Indies Women, Black, in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9238-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Haunting of History; 1. "The Rebels Old Obeah Woman": History as Spirit Possession; 2. "An Incomparable Nurse": The Obi of Domesticity; 3. "Our History Was Truly Broken": Writing Back to a Slave Past; 4. "A Very Troublesome Woman": Who Speaks for the Morality of Slave Women?; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452226403321 |
Sharpe Jenny
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ghosts of slavery [[electronic resource] ] : a literary archaeology of Black women's lives / / Jenny Sharpe
| Ghosts of slavery [[electronic resource] ] : a literary archaeology of Black women's lives / / Jenny Sharpe |
| Autore | Sharpe Jenny |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico |
West Indian literature (English) - History and criticism
Slavery in literature Women, Black - West Indies - Biography - History and criticism Enslaved women - West Indies - Biography - History and criticism Slave rebellions - West Indies - Historiography Women, Black - West Indies - Intellectual life Enslaved women - West Indies - Intellectual life Enslaved persons' writings - History and criticism Women and literature - West Indies Women, Black, in literature |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9238-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Haunting of History; 1. "The Rebels Old Obeah Woman": History as Spirit Possession; 2. "An Incomparable Nurse": The Obi of Domesticity; 3. "Our History Was Truly Broken": Writing Back to a Slave Past; 4. "A Very Troublesome Woman": Who Speaks for the Morality of Slave Women?; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784400503321 |
Sharpe Jenny
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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