Culture, empire, and the question of being modern / C.J.W.-L. Wee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wee, C. J. Wan-ling.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Colonies--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Decolonization.

Colonies.

Imperialism--Government policy.

History.

Imperialism.

Great Britain.

Decolonization--English-speaking colonies--History--20th century.

Imperialism--Government policy--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century.

Civilization, Modern--1950-.

Civilization, Modern.

Singapore--Civilization.

Singapore.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 231 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Summary:

Culture, Empire, and the Question of Being Modern explores the problematic formation of national culture within modern English society. In this ambitious work of post-colonial and cultural theory, C. J. Wan-ling Wee investigates the complex interaction between a modern, industrialized, metropolitan, and progressively rational English national culture and a nationalistic imperial discourse interested in territorial expansion and the valorization of an idealized agrarian past.

Contents:

1 Culture, Empire, Modernity 1

2 Primitive Vigor, Empire, and a "Pure" National Culture 37

3 The "Recovery" of the English Frontier in England 77

4 From National Imperialism to Imperial Nationalism 115

5 The "Native" Arrives 153

Epilogue: An "East Asian Modernity" and the Ironies of Postcolonial Culture 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.

ISBN:

0739103881

073910389X

OCLC:

49719196