The language of contemporary cultural theory shows remarkable similarities with the patterns of thought which characterised Victorian racial theory. Far from being marked by a separation from the racialised thinking of the past, Colonial Desire shows we are operating in complicity with historical ways of viewing 'the other', both sexually and racially.Colonial Desire is a controversial and bracing study of the history of Englishness and 'culture'. Robert Young argues that the theories advanced today about post-colonialism and ethnicity are disturbingly close to the colonial discourse of the nineteenth century. 'Englishness', Young argues, has been less fixed and stable than uncertain, fissured with difference and a desire for otherness.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Robert J. C. Young
EAN: 9780415053730
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 566 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 1994-12-15
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GENRE: ART / Popular Culture, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
WIDTH: 156 cm
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Book Themes:
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: postcolonial literature
'Original insightful and documented.' - Prof A Viola, Nice University, Nice, France
