Global citizenship and the legacy of empire : marketing development / April Biccum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biccum, April, 1973- author.

Series:

Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy ; 28.

Routledge/RIPE series in global political economy ; 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Globalization.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the parallels between mainstream development discourse and colonial discourse as theorized in the work of Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak and Edward Said. Aiming to repoliticize post-colonial theory by applying its understandings to contemporary political discourses, author April Biccum critically examines the ways in which development in its current form has recently begun to be promoted among the metropolitan public. Biccum contends that what has begun is a sustained marketing campaign for development that is a repetition, augmentation and ultimately much

Contents:

Global Citizenship and the Legacy of Empire Marketing development; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 A shift in vocabulary; 2 By the logic of a rupture; 3 Marketing development: a 'new' national narrative; 4 Authorized versions of 'Otherness': creating imperial subjects abroad; 5 Marketing empire: creating imperial subjectivities at home; 6 Women mark the borders of civility; 7 Toward the conscious exploitation of ambivalence; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-192) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-21897-8

1-283-54684-1

9786613859297

1-135-21898-6

0-203-87417-X

9780203874172

OCLC:

829462082