COLONIAL DESIRE by Robert J. C. Young ( 9780415053747 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

COLONIAL DESIRE
HYBRIDITY IN THEORY, CULTURE AND RACE

By:

Robert J. C. Young

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Paperback

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0415053749

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9780415053747

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

15 December, 1994

Pages:

256

Description:

In this study, the author argues that today's theories on post-colonialism and ethnicity are disturbingly close to the colonial discourse of the 19th century.

Synopsis:

The language of contemporary cultural theory shows remarkable similarities with the patterns of thought which characterised Victorian racial theory. Far from being marked by a separation from the racialised thinking of the past, Colonial Desire shows we are operating in complicity with historical ways of viewing 'the other', both sexually and racially. Colonial Desire is a controversial and bracing study of the history of Englishness and 'culture'. Robert Young argues that the theories advanced today about post-colonialism and ethnicity are disturbingly close to the colonial discourse of the nineteenth century. 'Englishness', Young argues, has been less fixed and stable than uncertain, fissured with difference and a desire for otherness.

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