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University of Minnesota Press
- Imperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities And Colonial Literature
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
summary
An exploration of the intersection of colonialism and homosexuality in fiction and travel writing from Robinson Crusoe to the present, this volume brings together two dynamic fields of academic inquiry: colonial discourse analysis, which considers literary texts as expressions of colonial power; and queer theory, which interrogates the representation, enforcement, and subversions of sexualities in literature and culture. These writers reexamine the work of Kipling, Conrad, Forster, Lessing, and others, ranging from male adventure stories to postcolonial novels. This volume will provoke and inform readers concerned with gender and sexuality, colonial history and literature, or with any of the works and authors revisited—and reexperienced—here. Contributors: Anjali Arondekar, U of California, Santa Cruz; John C. Beynon, California State U, Fresno; Joseph A. Boone, USC; Sarah Cole, Columbia U; Lois Cucullu, U of Minnesota; Maria Davidis, Cornell; Dennis Denisoff, Ryerson U; Mark Forrester, U of Maryland; Terry Goldie, York U; Christopher Lane, Northwestern U; Tim Middleton, Bath Spa U College, UK; Hans Turley, U of Connecticut.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. ix-xxvi
- PART I: Frontiers and Discoveries
- 3. The Guise of Friendship
- pp. 44-62
- PART II: Queering the New Imperialism
- PART III: Century’s End: Conrad’s Queer Indirections
- PART IV: Other Colonialisms
- Contributors
- pp. 323-326
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816692606
Related ISBN(s)
9780816637652
MARC Record
OCLC
191935380
Pages
368
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No