Discourses of Difference: An Analysis of Women's Travel Writing and ColonialismRoutledge, 2 sept. 2003 - 240 pages Discourses of Difference unravels the complexities of writings by British women travellers of the `high colonial' period. Sara Mills examines the relation of women travellers to colonialism, positioned as they were at the site of conflicting discourses: femininity, feminism, and patriarchal imperialism. Using feminist discourse theory, Sara Mills analyses the writings of three women travellers - Alexandra David-Neel, Mary Kingsley and Nina Mazuchelli. Her examination of agency, identity, and the contemporary social environment, is an important and inspiring step forward in post-colonial cultural and literary theory. |
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... considered worthy of academic study . This book considers the ways in which women's writing in the colonial period might demand different theoretical tools to those developed within colonial discourse . This is the first 2 INTRODUCTION.
... considered worthy of academic study . This book considers the ways in which women's writing in the colonial period might demand different theoretical tools to those developed within colonial discourse . This is the first 2 INTRODUCTION.
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... considered within critical studies of colonial discourse . Instead , the books which are written about women travellers tend to come in the form of coffee table books , with lavish illustrations of these eccentric creatures . Certain ...
... considered within critical studies of colonial discourse . Instead , the books which are written about women travellers tend to come in the form of coffee table books , with lavish illustrations of these eccentric creatures . Certain ...
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... considered part of discourse ' ( Mac- donell , 1986 : 4 ) . Discourse is not , however , a homogeneous term which subsumes all distinctions . As Macdonell says : ' Dis- courses differ with the kinds of institutions and social practices ...
... considered part of discourse ' ( Mac- donell , 1986 : 4 ) . Discourse is not , however , a homogeneous term which subsumes all distinctions . As Macdonell says : ' Dis- courses differ with the kinds of institutions and social practices ...
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... considered ' literary ' , and to consider both their production and their reception , I show that women's travel writing is constructed within a range of discursive pressures and in its reception it has frequently been labelled ...
... considered ' literary ' , and to consider both their production and their reception , I show that women's travel writing is constructed within a range of discursive pressures and in its reception it has frequently been labelled ...
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... considered to be theories themselves.14 Irene Diamond and Lee Quinby consider that the con- vergence of Foucault's work and feminism can be productive : Both identify the body as the site of power ... both point to the local and ...
... considered to be theories themselves.14 Irene Diamond and Lee Quinby consider that the con- vergence of Foucault's work and feminism can be productive : Both identify the body as the site of power ... both point to the local and ...
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