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Imperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities and Colonial Literature Philip Holden 1st edition
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Imperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities and Colonial Literature
Philip Holden
An exploration of the intersection of colonialism and homosexuality in fiction and travel writing from Robinson Crusoe to the present, this volume brings together two dynamic fields of academic inquiry: colonial discourse analysis, which considers literary texts as expressions of colonial power; and queer theory, which interrogates the representation, enforcement, and subversions of sexualities in literature and culture.
These writers reexamine the work of Kipling, Conrad, Forster, Lessing, and others, ranging from male adventure stories to postcolonial novels. This volume will provoke and inform readers concerned with gender and sexuality, colonial history and literature, or with any of the works and authors revisited-and reexperienced-here. Contributors: Anjali Arondekar, U of California, Santa Cruz; John C. Beynon, California State U, Fresno; Joseph A. Boone, USC; Sarah Cole, Columbia U; Lois Cucullu, U of Minnesota; Maria Davidis, Cornell; Dennis Denisoff, Ryerson U; Mark Forrester, U of Maryland; Terry Goldie, York U; Christopher Lane, Northwestern U; Tim Middleton, Bath Spa U College, UK; Hans Turley, U of Connecticut.
Philip Holden is assistant professor of English at the National University of Singapore. Richard J. Ruppel is professor and chair in the Department of English at Viterbo University.
368 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 6, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780816637652 |
| Publishers | University of Minnesota Press |
| Pages | 368 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 227 × 21 mm · 494 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Ruppel, Richard R. |
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