Maps of Englishness
Download or Read eBook Maps of Englishness PDF written by Simon Gikandi and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Simon Gikandi |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 0231105991 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780231105996 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Maps of Englishness by : Simon Gikandi
Book excerpt: Gikandi explores the politics of identity to analyze how the colonial experience inspired narrative forms that changed the nature of the English identity by surveying the British imperial tradition since the nineteenth century. He provides detailed readings of the works of Trollope, Carlyle, and others; through the narratives of imperial women travelers such as Mary Kingsley and Mary Seacole; and through Africanist texts by Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene and postcolonialists such as Salman Rushdie and Joan Riley.