White Skins/Black Masks

Representation and Colonialism
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-08148-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

In this exciting re-reading of the classic work of Haggard and Kipling, Gail Ching-Liang Low examines the representational dynamics of colonizer versus colonized. Exploring the interface between the native 'other' as a reflection and as a point of address, the author asserts that this 'other' is a mirror reflecting the image of the colonizer - a 'cultural cross-dressing'.
Employing psychoanalysis, anthropology and postcolonial theory, Low analyzes the way in which fantasy and fabulation are caught up in networks of desire and power. White Skins/Black Masks is a fascinating entry into the current debate of post-colonial theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ching-Liang Low, Gail

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION Part I 1 BODY/BORDER LINES 2 THE DOMINION OF SONS 3 MIMESIS OF SAVAGERY TRANSITIONS Part II 4 THE COLONIAL UNCANNY 5 THE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT 6 THE COLONIAL MIRROR 7 LOAFERS AND STORY-TELLERS, CONCLUSION

Über Autor(innen)

Gail Ching-Liang Low lectures at Staffordshire University and has published articles in New Formations and Women: A Cultural Review.