Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism

By Simon Gikandi

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231105991

ISBN13:9780231105996

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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