Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of DarknessUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 |
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Página xii
... seems to be to establish a stereotype of " noble savagery " with which Greek or Roman " degeneracy " can be implicitly compared and censured . A further and more immediately relevant point is that national stereotypes , even when they ...
... seems to be to establish a stereotype of " noble savagery " with which Greek or Roman " degeneracy " can be implicitly compared and censured . A further and more immediately relevant point is that national stereotypes , even when they ...
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... the more attenuated charge of really supporting imperialism while seeming to subvert it — it seems advisable and even necessary to first clear the terminological ground before starting off on any discussion as to whether or Introduction ~ ...
... the more attenuated charge of really supporting imperialism while seeming to subvert it — it seems advisable and even necessary to first clear the terminological ground before starting off on any discussion as to whether or Introduction ~ ...
Página 9
... seem desperately bent on avoiding the obvious issues that ever since Blumenbach ( and even earlier ) have been fundamental to defining supposed racial differences , namely skin color , eye color , facial features , hair color and ...
... seem desperately bent on avoiding the obvious issues that ever since Blumenbach ( and even earlier ) have been fundamental to defining supposed racial differences , namely skin color , eye color , facial features , hair color and ...
Página 11
... to them ( it does , however , imply a temporary cultural superiority ) . With regard to the Belgians , though , the story seems to endorse a medium racist attitude : the British characters in it , to Introduction ~ 11.
... to them ( it does , however , imply a temporary cultural superiority ) . With regard to the Belgians , though , the story seems to endorse a medium racist attitude : the British characters in it , to Introduction ~ 11.
Página 12
... seems to have been quite deliberate , since the position of the Director of Companies is roughly equivalent to that of the " great man " in his Brussels sanctuary ; that of the Accountant in the Thames estuary corresponds to the ...
... seems to have been quite deliberate , since the position of the Director of Companies is roughly equivalent to that of the " great man " in his Brussels sanctuary ; that of the Accountant in the Thames estuary corresponds to the ...
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 |
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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 |