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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.
Columbia University Press
Editorial Reviews
R. Radhakrishnan
Clarifies some of the fog surrounding postcoloniality. Working critically across the metropolitan-third world divide, Maps of Englishness enables relational readings between histories and cultures.Booknews
Offers an in-depth critique of English world view, identity, and imperialist culture, as well as the impact England has had on the people it sought to colonize and dominate. Topics include: colonial culture and identity, Black subjects and English identities, ideology and racial economy of English imperial travel, gender and colonialism, the colonial aesthetic, uses of primitivism, and post colonialism. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Product Details
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Simon E. Gikandi is professor of English language and literature at the University of Michigan.
Columbia University Press