| Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton: Power Play of Empire Contributor(s): Grant, Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415450861 ISBN-13: 9780415450867 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Engaging closely with the work of Richard Francis Burton--the iconic nineteenth century imperial spy, explorer and translator--this book sheds new light on the White Man's 'imperial fantasies' and the ways in which metropolitan discourses drew upon and reinforced an intimate connection between fantasy and power in the space of Empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008009708 |
| Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By engaging closely with the work of Richard Francis Burton (1821-90), the iconic nineteenth-century imperial spy, explorer, anthropologist and translator, Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton explores the White Man's 'imperial fantasies', and the ways in which the many metropolitan discourses to which Burton contributed drew upon and reinforced an intimate connection between fantasy and power in the space of Empire. This original study sheds new light on the mechanisms of imperial appropriation and pays particular attention to Burton's relationship with his alter ego, Abdullah, the name by which he famously travelled to Mecca and Medina disguised as a Muslim pilgrim. In this context, Grant also provides insightful readings of a number of Burton's contemporaries, such as M ller, du Chaillu, Darwin and Huxley, and engages with postcolonial and psychoanalytic theory in order to highlight the problematic relationship between the individual and imperialism, and to encourage readers to think about what it means to read colonial history and imperial narrative today. |