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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mul, Sarah de, author.

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 criticism.

English prose literature.

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

Dutch prose literature.

Women--Travel.

Women.

Women travelers.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<p>Exploring the intersections of memory, gender, and the postcolonial, <i>Colonial Memory</i> explores the phenomenon of colonial memory through the specific genre of women's travel writing. Building on criticism of memory and travel writing, Sarah De Mul seeks to open Dutch literature to postcolonial themes and concepts and to insert the history of the Dutch colonies and its critical recollection into the traditionally Anglophone-dominated field of postcolonial studies.</p><div>A vividly conceived and theoretically astute reading of the complicated weavings between the past and present involved in memory work and the process of nostalgic return. Elleke Boehmer, University of Oxford</div>

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction. 'Yesterday does not go by'

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

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

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

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

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

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

ISBN:

9786613334466

9781283334464

1283334461

9789048513857

9048513855

OCLC:

765115872