Colonial memory : contemporary women's travel writing in Britain and the Netherlands / Sarah De Mul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mul, Sarah de.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel writing--Women authors--History and criticism.

Travel writing.

Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, English.

Travelers' writings, Dutch--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, Dutch.

English prose literature--Women authors--History and critisim.

English prose literature.

Dutch prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Dutch prose literature.

Women--Travel.

Women.

Women travelers.

Imperialism in literature.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Women authors.

English prose literature--Women authors.

Physical Description:

180 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Sarah De Mul is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) in the Department of Literary Studies at the University of Leuven. Her publications and research interests are in the field of comparative postcolonial studies, with a particular focus on gender, memory, and empire in Neerlandophone and Anglophone literature.

Contents:

Chapter 1 A trip down memory lane. Colonial memory in women's travel writing 17

Chapter 2 Women's memory of Rhodesia, the Dutch East Indies and Dutch and British cultures of colonial remembrance 33

Chapter 3 Nostalgic memory in Aya Zikken's Terug naar de atlasvlinder 55

Chapter 4 Indo postmemory in Marion Bloem's Muggen Mensen Olifanten 81

Chapter 5 Everday memory in Doris Lessing's African laughter. Four visits to Zimbabwe 103.

Notes:

"NUR 617"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-176) and index.

ISBN:

9089642935

9789089642936

OCLC:

701797254

Publisher Number:

99944664736