Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of DarknessUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 |
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... references and index . ISBN 0-8131-2128-0 ( cloth : alk . paper ) 1. Conrad , Joseph , 1857-1924 . Heart of darkness . 2. Conrad , Joseph , 1857-1924 - Political and social views . 3. Political fiction , English- History and criticism ...
... references and index . ISBN 0-8131-2128-0 ( cloth : alk . paper ) 1. Conrad , Joseph , 1857-1924 . Heart of darkness . 2. Conrad , Joseph , 1857-1924 - Political and social views . 3. Political fiction , English- History and criticism ...
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... reference to " economic well - being " suggests ) , and in fact those are the sources of most of the supporting examples . This defi- nition , however , would certainly not have satisfactorily described the " racist " attitudes toward ...
... reference to " economic well - being " suggests ) , and in fact those are the sources of most of the supporting examples . This defi- nition , however , would certainly not have satisfactorily described the " racist " attitudes toward ...
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... reference to it " ( 6-8 ) . This is not , however , a view shared by another distinguished theore- tician , Tzvetan Todorov . In his contribution to the same discussion , Todorov defines racism as " the name given to a 8 ~ Envisioning ...
... reference to it " ( 6-8 ) . This is not , however , a view shared by another distinguished theore- tician , Tzvetan Todorov . In his contribution to the same discussion , Todorov defines racism as " the name given to a 8 ~ Envisioning ...
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... reference to the " worst " here may be an allusion to Kurtz . ) Elsewhere in her book she makes Leopold II , king of Belgium and the absolute sovereign of the Congo Free State , " responsible for the blackest pages in the history of ...
... reference to the " worst " here may be an allusion to Kurtz . ) Elsewhere in her book she makes Leopold II , king of Belgium and the absolute sovereign of the Congo Free State , " responsible for the blackest pages in the history of ...
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... reference to subject peoples and describing the whole phenomenon not only in lofty abstractions but also entirely from the point of view of the rulers . In this respect it differs radically from the definition of colonialism . It also ...
... reference to subject peoples and describing the whole phenomenon not only in lofty abstractions but also entirely from the point of view of the rulers . In this respect it differs radically from the definition of colonialism . It also ...
Contenido
Envisioning Africa | 18 |
A Mere Animal on the Congo | 31 |
Envisioning Kurtz | 62 |
Imperial Sham and Reality in the Congo | 81 |
Unspeakable Rites and Speakable Rites | 109 |
EJ Glave Captain Rom and the Making of Heart of Darkness | 128 |
Exterminating All the Brutes | 148 |
Appendix | 166 |
Notes | 192 |
Works Cited | 236 |
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Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness Peter Edgerly Firchow Vista previa limitada - 2014 |
Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness Peter Edgerly Firchow Vista previa limitada - 2021 |
Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness Peter Edgerly Firchow Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 10 - The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
Referencias a este libro
Postcolonial Criticism: History, Theory and the Work of Fiction Nicholas Harrison Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
African Fiction and Joseph Conrad: Reading Postcolonial Intertextuality Byron Caminero-Santangelo Vista previa limitada - 2004 |