Imperial Masochism: British Fiction, Fantasy, and Social Class - John Kucich - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691127125 - December 24, 2006
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Imperial Masochism: British Fiction, Fantasy, and Social Class


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Reveals the role masochistic forms of voluntary suffering played in late-nineteenth-century British thinking about imperial politics and class identity. This book shows how the ideological and psychological dynamics of empire, particularly its reorganization of class identities at the colonial periphery, depended on figurations of masochism.


272 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 24, 2006
ISBN13 9780691127125
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 280
Dimensions 240 × 163 × 25 mm   ·   518 g
Language English  

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