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Shadows of empire : the Anglosphere in British politics
\"In this new book, two leading commentators critically examine the idea of the 'Anglosphere', a special alliance between the English-speaking countries of the former British Empire. Analysing its history and revival by leading Brexiteers, this is essential reading for anyone interested in post-Brexit British politics and international relations\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies
Literature played a crucial role in constructing and contesting the modern culture of empire that was fully in place by the start of the Victorian period. Postcolonial criticism's concern with issues of geopolitics, race and gender, subalternity and exoticism shape discussions of works by major authors such as Blake, Coleridge, both Shelleys, Austen and Scott, as well as their less familiar contemporaries.
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Explains how key theoretical concerns of postcolonial studies - its analyses of imaginary geography, the construction of otherness or difference, and cultural hybridity - have dramatically changed our understanding of Romantic literatureProvides accessible yet sophisticated in-depth analyses of selected texts, in a range of genres, whose interpretation is illuminated by postcolonial criticismIncludes a bibliographical essay along with up-to-date bibliography of criticism, editions of primary works, and selected historical materials
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Englishness and empire 1939-1965
Was the British empire given away in a fit of collective indifference as many have claimed? Englishness and Empire looks at connections between stories of nation and empire told in the media - the Second World War, the Coronation and Everest, colonial wars of the 1950s, immigration, Winston Churchill's funeral - and makes an important and origi.
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Empireworld : how British imperialism has shaped the globe
In 'Empireworld', award-winning author and journalist, Sathnam Sanghera extends his examination of British imperial legacies beyond Britain. Travelling the globe to trace its international legacies - from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond - Sanghera demonstrates just how deeply British imperialism is baked into our world. And why it's time Britain was finally honest with itself about empire.
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Under Postcolonial Eyes
In the Western literary tradition, the \"jew\" has long been a figure of ethnic exclusion and social isolation-the wanderer, the scapegoat, the alien. But it is no longer clear where a perennial outsider belongs. This provocative study of contemporary British writing points to the figure of the \"jew\" as the litmus test of multicultural society. Efraim Sicher and Linda Weinhouse examine the \"jew\" as a cultural construction distinct from the \"Jewishness\" of literary characters in novels by, among others, Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, Doris Lessing, Monica Ali, Caryl Philips, and Zadie Smith, as well as contemporary art and film.
Here the image of the \"jew\" emerges in all its ambivalence, from postcolonial migrant and modern everyman to more traditional representations of the conspirator and malefactor. The multicultural discourses of ethnic and racial hybridity reflect dissolution of national and personal identities, yet the search for transnational, cultural forms conceals both the acceptance of marginal South Asian, Caribbean, and Jewish voices as well as the danger of resurgent antisemitic tropes. Innovative in its contextualization of the \"jew\" in the multiculturalism debate in contemporary Britain,Under Postcolonial Eyes: Figuring the \"jew\" in Contemporary British Writinganalyzes the narrative of identities in a globalized culture and offers new interpretations of postmodern classics.
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Brutality in an Age of Human Rights
In Brutality in an Age of Human Rights , Brian Drohan
demonstrates that British officials' choices concerning
counterinsurgency methods have long been deeply influenced or even
redirected by the work of human rights activists. To reveal how
that influence was manifested by military policies and practices,
Drohan examines three British counterinsurgency campaigns-Cyprus
(1955-1959), Aden (1963-1967), and the peak of the \"Troubles\" in
Northern Ireland (1969-1976). This book is enriched by Drohan's use
of a newly available collection of 1.2 million colonial-era files,
International Committee of the Red Cross files, the extensive
Troubles collection at Linen Hall Library in Belfast, and many
other sources.
Drohan argues that when faced with human rights activism,
British officials sought to evade, discredit, and deflect public
criticism of their actions to avoid drawing attention to brutal
counterinsurgency practices such as the use of torture during
interrogation. Some of the topics discussed in the book, such as
the use of violence against civilians, the desire to uphold human
rights values while simultaneously employing brutal methods, and
the dynamic of wars waged in the glare of the media, are of
critical interest to scholars, lawyers, and government officials
dealing with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those to
come in the future.
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The African presence : representations of Africa in the construction of Britishness
Uses interviews, photo archives, media coverage, advertisements, and web material to consider the ways that representations of Africa have contributed to the changing nature of British national identity through the ways references to Africa have become part of discussions within British political culture about the place of Britain in the world.
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Empire and After
The growing debate over British national identity, and the place of \"Englishness\" within it, raises crucial questions about multiculturalism, postimperial culture and identity, and the past and future histories of globalization. However, discussions of Englishness have too often been limited by insular conceptions of national literature, culture, and history, which serve to erase or marginalize the colonial and postcolonial locations in which British national identity has been articulated. This volume breaks new ground by drawing together a range of disciplinary approaches in order to resituate the relationship between British national identity and Englishness within a global framework. Ranging from the literature and history of empire to analyses of contemporary culture, postcolonial writing, political rhetoric, and postimperial memory after 9/11, this collection demonstrates that far from being parochial or self-involved, the question of Englishness offers an important avenue for thinking about the politics of national identity in our postcolonial and globalized world.
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