Colonial Memory
Contemporary Women's Travel Writing in Britain and The Netherlands
1st Edition
Published on 15. July 2012
180 pages
978-90-485-1385-7 (ISBN)
Description
Sarah De Mul is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders in the Department of Literary Studies at Leuven University.
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Sarah De Mul is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders in the Department of Literary Studies at Leuven University.
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction: 'Yesterday does not go by'
Chapter 1: A trip down memory lane. Colonial memory in women's travel writing
Chapter 2: Women's memory of Rhodesia, the Dutch East Indies and Dutch and British cultures of colonial remembrance
Chapter 3: Nostalgic memory in Aya Zikken's Terug naar de atlasvlinder
Chapter 4: Indo postmemory in Marion Bloem's Muggen Mensen Olifanten
Chapter 5: Everyday memory in Doris Lessing's African laughter. Four visits to Zimbabwe
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: 'Yesterday does not go by'
Chapter 1: A trip down memory lane. Colonial memory in women's travel writing
Chapter 2: Women's memory of Rhodesia, the Dutch East Indies and Dutch and British cultures of colonial remembrance
Chapter 3: Nostalgic memory in Aya Zikken's Terug naar de atlasvlinder
Chapter 4: Indo postmemory in Marion Bloem's Muggen Mensen Olifanten
Chapter 5: Everyday memory in Doris Lessing's African laughter. Four visits to Zimbabwe
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
