Disordered Bodies and Disrupted Borders: Representations of Resistance in Modern British Literature - Hardcover

Waterman, David F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761811974 ISBN 13: 9780761811978

Verlag: University Press of America, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Disordered Bodies and Disrupted Borders examines the profound effects of warfare and imperialism on twentieth century British Literature, focusing on several twentieth century authors' representations of the human body as a political text, specifically as a material/theoretical text of resistance to the dominant ideology of warfare and imperialism. The authors discussed often provide a vantage point from which to objectify the present system and to call for a transformation of the cultural codes which reproduce the cycle of violence. The early twentieth century authors experienced warfare through the Boer War and World War I, as well as British imperialism in Ireland, Africa, and India, which continue to influence contemporary British authors. This study depicts the common resistance to domination among British authors who also describe the serious consequences of resistance, particularly the destruction of the body/text by the power that inscribes it.

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David F. Waterman is a lecturer in the English Department at the University of Poitiers, France.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761811974
• ISBN 13: 9780761811978
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164
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