Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said
A landmark work from the author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavour and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as the Western powers built empires that stretched from Australia to the West Indies, Western artists created masterpieces ranging from Mansfield Park to Heart of Darkness and Aida. Yet most cultural critics continue to see these phenomena as separate. Edward Said looks at these works alongside those of such writers as W. B. Yeats, Chinua Achebe, and Salman Rushdie to show how subject peoples produced their own vigorous cultures of opposition and resistance. Vast in scope and stunning in its erudition, Culture and Imperialism reopens the dialogue between literature and the life of its time.
Paperback | 416 pages
132 x 203 x 24mm | 304g
01 Jun 1994
Random House USA Inc
Random House Inc
New York, United States
English
Reprint
0679750541
9780679750543
Condition: Good
A secondhand book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal (barely noticeable) scuff marks, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text. Page xvii has some highlighting of text, but no other highlighting anywhere in the book. No writing in margins, and no missing pages. Apart from the highlighting, the book is in excellent condition.