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Culture and imperialism/ Edward W. Said

By: Said, Edward WMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Vintage Books, 1993Description: xxviii, 380 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780394587387Subject(s): Imperialism in literature | Politics and culture | Colonies in literature | ImperialismDDC classification: 809.894

Contents:

I: Overlapping territories, intertwined histories -- Empire, geography, and culture -- Images of the past, pure and impure -- Two visions in Heart of darkness -- Discrepant experiences -- Connecting empire to secular interpretation -- II: Consolidated vision -- Narrative and social space -- Jane Austen and empire -- The cultural integrity of empire -- The empire at work: Verdi's Aida -- The pleasures of imperialism -- The native under control -- Camus and the French imperial experience -- A note on modernism -- III: Resistance and opposition -- There are two sides -- Themes of resistance culture -- Yeats and decolonization -- The voyage in and the emergence of opposition -- Collaboration, independence, and liberation -- IV: Freedom from domination in the future -- American ascendancy: the public space at war -- Challenging orthodoxy and authority -- Movements and migrations.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	809.894 SAI/C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	08/02/2021	P02106

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I: Overlapping territories, intertwined histories --
Empire, geography, and culture --
Images of the past, pure and impure --
Two visions in Heart of darkness --
Discrepant experiences --
Connecting empire to secular interpretation --
II: Consolidated vision --
Narrative and social space --
Jane Austen and empire --
The cultural integrity of empire --
The empire at work: Verdi's Aida --
The pleasures of imperialism --
The native under control --
Camus and the French imperial experience --
A note on modernism --
III: Resistance and opposition --
There are two sides --
Themes of resistance culture --
Yeats and decolonization --
The voyage in and the emergence of opposition --
Collaboration, independence, and liberation --
IV: Freedom from domination in the future --
American ascendancy: the public space at war --
Challenging orthodoxy and authority --
Movements and migrations.

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