Mimesis and Empire: The New World, Islam, and European Identities

by Barbara Fuchs

Book Overview

As powerful, pointed imitation, cultural mimesis can effect inclusion in a polity, threaten state legitimacy, or undo the originality upon which such legitimacy is based. In Mimesis and Empire , first... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521543509
• ISBN13: 9780521543507
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"