British Colonial Realism in Africa Inalienable Objects, Contested Domains
Description
What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance.
Keywords
Literary CriticismModern19th CenturySemiotics & TheoryEuropeanAfricanSocial ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2012Book
Author(s)Deborah Shapple Spillman
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230378001
LanguageEnglish
