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OverviewDiscourses 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sara Mills (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.317kg ISBN: 9780415096645ISBN 10: 0415096642 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 08 April 1993 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsDiscourses of Difference uncovers the many ways women travel writers have tried to deal with problems of credibility. They have played down the adventurous parts of their journeys or not reported events deemed unfeminine.' They have consciously created women's texts, ' by writing in ways that allowed their books to be produced and read differently from men's travel writing. And the instability of the narrator's position--particularly in books of the colonial period, as Kingsley's example demonstrates--reflects the more general contradictions and complexity of white women's relation to power. <br>- The Women's Review of Books <br> Discourses of Difference uncovers the many ways women travel writers have tried to deal with problems of credibility. They have played down the adventurous parts of their journeys or not reported events deemed unfeminine.' They have consciously created women's texts, ' by writing in ways that allowed their books to be produced and read differently from men's travel writing. And the instability of the narrator's position--particularly in books of the colonial period, as Kingsley's example demonstrates--reflects the more general contradictions and complexity of white women's relation to power. - The Women's Review of Books Author InformationSara Mills Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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