Maps of Englishness: Writing Identity in the Culture of Colonialism

by Simon Gikandi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231105991
• ISBN13: 9780231105996
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher