Discourses of Difference - An Analysis of Women''s Travel Writing and Colonialism

Zusatztext `Evinces a keen awareness of the constraints governing the production and reception of women's travel writing. Mills's approach! [a combination of Marxism! feminism! and Foucaudianism]! shines through...and is capable of generating highly suggestive cultural analyses.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement Informationen zum Autor Sara Mills Klappentext Unravels the complexities of writings by British women of the high colonial' period. Sara Mills analyses the writings of three women travellers, extending recent post-colonial and cultural theory in an important and inspiring study. Zusammenfassung Unravels the complexities of writings by British women of the `high colonial' period. Sara Mills analyses the writings of three women travellers, extending recent post-colonial and cultural theory in an important and inspiring study. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements, INTRODUCTION, Part I Critical Responses to Women’s Travel Writing, Part II Constraints on Production and Reception, Part III Case Studies, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Sara Mills, Sara (Sheffield Hallam University Mills, Mills Sara
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.1991
• EAN: 9780415046299
• ISBN: 978-0-415-04629-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism and imperialism, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls