Empire Islands : Castaways, Cannibals, and Fantasies of Conquest.
Through a detailed unpacking of the castaway genre's appeal in English literature, Empire Islands forwards our understanding of the sociopsychology of British Empire. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower argues convincingly that by helping generations of readers to make sense of, and perhaps feel better ab...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: Islands and the Narrating of Possession
- 1 Monarchs of All They Survey
- 2 Disciplined Islands: White Fatherhood, Homosocial Masculinity, and Law
- 3 Voracious Cannibals, Rapacious Pirates, and Threats of Counterincorporation
- 4 "Falling to the Lowest Degree of Brutishness": Wild Men, Monsters, and the Bestial Taint
- 5 Island Parodies and Crusoe Pantomimes: Resistance from Within
- 6 The U.S. Island Fantasy, or Cast Away with Gilligan
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- A
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- F
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- I
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