The rhetoric of empire : colonial discourse in journalism, travel writing, and imperial administration /

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The white man's burden, darkest Africa, the seduction of the primitive: such phrases were widespread in the language Western empires used to talk about their colonial enterprises. How this language itself served imperial purposes--and how it survives today in writing about the Third World--are...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spurr, David, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.
Series:Post-contemporary interventions.
Subjects:
English prose literature > History and criticism.
American prose literature > History and criticism.
French prose literature > History and criticism.
Travel writing > History.
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Discourse analysis.
Rhetoric.
Developing countries in literature.
American prose literature > history & criticism.
Prose anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Prose américaine > Histoire et critique.
Prose française > Histoire et critique.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Histoire.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Rhétorique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
American prose literature.
English prose literature.
French prose literature.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Travel writing.
Kolonialismus
Reiseliteratur
Stil
Verwaltungssprache
Zeitungssprache
Imperialisme.
Journalistiek.
Reisbeschrijvingen.
Developing countries > In literature.
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life.
Developing countries.
English-speaking countries.
Literature > Special subjects > Political systems > History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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