Making England Western
Occidentalism, Race, and Imperial Culture
The central argument of Edward Said's Orientalism is that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts between conquest abroad and domestic order at home. This book reveals that romanticism provided a way to resist imperial logic about improvement and moral virtue.
| Autor: | Makdisi Saree |
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| ISBN: | 9780226923130 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | University Presses |
| Veröffentlicht: | 10.01.2014 |
| Untertitel: | Occidentalism, Race, and Imperial Culture |
| Schlagworte: | Colonialism & imperialism Colonialism and imperialism English LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism |
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