Discourses of Difference
An Analysis of Women's Travel Writing and Colonialism
Published on 2. September 2003
240 pages
978-1-134-94742-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
`Evinces a keen awareness of the constraints governing the production and reception of women's travel writing. Mills's approach, [a combination of Marxism, feminism, and Foucaudianism], shines through...and is capable of generating highly suggestive cultural analyses.' - Times Higher Educational SupplementMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,14 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-94742-3 (9781134947423)
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Content
Acknowledgements, INTRODUCTION, Part I Critical Responses to Women's Travel Writing, Part II Constraints on Production and Reception, Part III Case Studies, Notes, Bibliography, Index
