Nation and Narration

Herausgeber: Bhabha, Homi K

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A classic collection of essays providing an excellent introduction to the many different narrations of the 'nation'. Contributors include Gillian Beer, Homi Bhabha, Rachel Bowlby, Simon During, Sneja Gunew, and Doris Sommer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9781138170636
• ISBN-10: 1138170631
• Artikelnr.: 44116351

Autorenporträt

Homi K. Bhabha

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction, Homi K. Bhabha
Chapter 2 What is a nation?, Ernest Renan, Martin Thom
Chapter 3 Tribes within nations, Martin Thom
Chapter 4 The national longing for form, Timothy Brennar
Chapter 5 Irresistible romance, Doris Sommer
Chapter 6 Denaturalizing cultural nationalisms, Sneja Gunew
Chapter 7 Postal politics and the institution of the nation, Geoffrey Bennington
Chapter 8 Literature - Nationalism's other? The case for revision, Simon During
Chapter 9 Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Englishness of English art, John Barrell
Chapter 10 Destiny made manifest, David Simpson
Chapter 11 Breakfast in America - Uncle Tom's cultural histories, Rachel Bowlby
Chapter 12 Telescopic philanthropy, Bruce Robbins
Chapter 13 European pedigrees/African contagions, James Snead
Chapter 14 English reading, Francis Mulhern
Chapter 15 The island and the aeroplane, Gillian Beer
Chapter 16 DissemiNation, Homi K. Bhabha