Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton: Power Play of by Ben Grant PDF

By Ben Grant

By attractive heavily with the paintings of Richard Francis Burton (1821-90), the long-lasting nineteenth-century imperial undercover agent, explorer, anthropologist and translator, Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton explores the White Man’s ‘imperial fantasies’, and the ways that the numerous metropolitan discourses to which Burton contributed drew upon and bolstered an intimate connection among fable and tool in the house of Empire. This unique research sheds new mild at the mechanisms of imperial appropriation and can pay specific recognition to Burton’s dating along with his adjust ego, Abdullah, the identify wherein he famously travelled to Mecca and Medina disguised as a Muslim pilgrim. during this context, Grant also offers insightful readings of a couple of Burton’s contemporaries, similar to Müller, du Chaillu, Darwin and Huxley, and engages with postcolonial and psychoanalytic idea with the intention to spotlight the not easy dating among the person and imperialism, and to inspire readers to contemplate what it capability to learn colonial historical past and imperial narrative today.

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