Cultures of Empire : Colonizers in Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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Book Description
With the work of Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, Homi Bhaba, and others, the field of postcolonial studies has grown enormously in the past two decades, as the cultural impact of colonialism on both the colonizers and the colonized has become the object of intense scrutiny. Cultures of Empire collects the most sensitive and up to date examples of this scholarship in an important new volume. A substantial introduction by historian Cathherine Hall synthesizes the new literature on cultures of imperialism and establishes a context for the essays that follow. The individual case studies take up a wide array of topics, from notions of masculinity among Canadian fur trappers, to the linkages between law and sexuality in Trinidad, to nineteenth century Egyptian travel literature. Taken as a whole, these essays provide a fresh look at the historical relationships between race, gender, and power. Theoretically sophisticated and historically rigorous, Cultures of Empire will be indispensable to students of the colonial experience.
About the Author
Catherine Hall teaches at University College London. She lives in London with her husband, the cultural critic Stuart Hall
Cultures of Empire : Colonizers in Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,Catherine Hall,Routledge,0415929075,19th century,20th century,Colonies,Europe - Great Britain - General,Great Britain,Historiography,History,History - General History,History: World,Imperialism,World - General,History / Great Britain
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