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The rhetoric of empire : colonial discourse in journalism, travel writing, and imperial administration / David Spurr.
Series: Post-contemporary interventionsPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.Description: [ix], 212 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780822313175
- 0822313170
- Colonial discourse in journalism, travel writing, and imperial administration
- English prose literature -- History and criticism
- American prose literature -- History and criticism
- French prose literature -- History and criticism
- Travel writing -- History
- Imperialism in literature
- Colonies in literature
- Discourse analysis
- Rhetoric
- Developing countries -- In literature
- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life
- PR 129.D46 S68 1993
Contents:
Introduction ---- 1. Surveillance: Under Western Eyes --- 2. Appropriation: Inheriting the Earth --- 3. Aestheticization: Savage Beauties --- 4. Classification: The Order of Nations --- 5. Debasement: Filth and Defilement --- 6. Negation: Areas of Darkness --- 7. Affirmation: The White Man's Burden --- 8. Idealization: Strangers in Paradise --- 9. Insubstantialization: Seeing as in a Dream --- 10. Naturalization: The Wilderness in Human Form --- 11. Eroticization: The Harems of the West --- 12. Resistance: Notes Toward an Opening.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | PR 129 .D46 S68 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5199037 |
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Includes bibliography (pages 203-208) and index.
Introduction ---- 1. Surveillance: Under Western Eyes --- 2. Appropriation: Inheriting the Earth --- 3. Aestheticization: Savage Beauties --- 4. Classification: The Order of Nations --- 5. Debasement: Filth and Defilement --- 6. Negation: Areas of Darkness --- 7. Affirmation: The White Man's Burden --- 8. Idealization: Strangers in Paradise --- 9. Insubstantialization: Seeing as in a Dream --- 10. Naturalization: The Wilderness in Human Form --- 11. Eroticization: The Harems of the West --- 12. Resistance: Notes Toward an Opening.
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