What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance.
Tabela de Conteúdo
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Reading Colonial Realism Taking Objects for Origins: Victorian Ethnography and Heart of Darkness The Uncanny Object Lessons of Mary Kingsley and Edward Blyden Realism and Realia in Colonial Southern Africa Artful Tales and Indigenous Arts in The Story of an African Farm Coda Notes Bibliography IndexSobre o autor
DEBORAH SHAPPLE SPILLMAN is assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Oregon, USA.
Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 245 ● ISBN 9780230378018 ● Tamanho do arquivo 1.9 MB ● Editora Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Cidade London ● País GB ● Publicado 2012 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 4970012 ● Proteção contra cópia DRM social