White Skins/Black Masks: Representation and Colonialism

by Gail Ching-Liang Low

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415081474
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/28/1995
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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