Empire islands castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest /

Empire islands castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Imprint:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.
Subjects:	Islands in literature. English fiction > History and criticism. English fiction > English-speaking countries > History and criticism. Castaways in literature. Imperialism in literature. Cannibalism in literature. Pirates in literature. Monsters in literature. Psychology in literature. Psychoanalysis and literature.
Online Access:	Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.

Table of Contents:

Monarchs of all they survey
Disciplined islands : white fatherhood, homosocial masculinity, and law
Voracious cannibals, rapacious pirates, and threats of counterincorporation
"Falling to the lowest degree of brutishness" : wild men, monsters, and the bestial taint
Island parodies and Crusoe pantomimes : resistance from within
The U.S. island fantasy, or cast away with Gilligan.