Colonialism's Culture Anthropology, Travel, and Government

Name: Colonialism's Culture Anthropology, Travel, and Government
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ISBN: 9780691037318

ISBN-10: 0691037310

ISBN-13: 9780691037318

Edition: 1994

Authors: Nicholas Thomas

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In a wide-ranging account of the development of ideas about human difference, Nicholas Thomas challenges reigning theories that portray colonialism as monolithic in character, purpose, and efficacy throughout the world. Taking issue with such writers as Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak, Thomas describes colonialism not so much as a discourse but a project--a project in which the interactions among colonizing and colonized people are far more variable and reveal greater ambivalence than generally imagined. In addition to his review of current literature in cultural studies, the author provides extended reflections on photographs, colonial novels, exhibits of indigenous art,…

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List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/22/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



From Present to Past: the Politics of Colonial Studies



Culture and Rule: Theories of Colonial Discourse



From Past to Present: Colonial Epochs, Agents, and Locations



Colonial Governmentality and Colonial Conversion



Imperial Triumph, Settler Failure



The Primitivist and the Postcolonial