Petr Florian itibaren Bucha Kalan, Pakistan

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2019-03-03 13:40

Boyama Kitabı Hayvanlar TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mavi Lale Yayınları

In Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said argues that much of western culture have been historically implicated in the Western project of empire-building. Said concentrates on literary texts, particularly the novel, to expound on this connection. While some novels may not directly call for the subjugation of foreign peoples or distant territories, these texts nonetheless refers to these colonizing ventures as pre-given or ideal. Reactionary notions of inferior “Others” as well as the acquisition of colonies are presented as part of the natural order of things and are therefore legitimized. In Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park for instance, to cite some of the works surveyed by Said, “references to the protagonist’s colonial possessions give him his wealth, occasion his absences, fix his social status at home and abroad, and make possible his values.” The colonial order, the novel thus suggests to its readers, provides the condition of possibility for domestic wealth and bliss. In Thackeray’s Vanity Fair and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, an Indian Businessman and a Caribbean wife living in England are depicted as social undesirables. Wealth from the Australian penal colony meanwhile makes Pip’s Great Expectations possible in Charles Dickens’ novel. And of course, the aboriginal Friday becomes the dutiful servant of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Other novels, especially by the likes of Joseph Conrad or Rudyard Kipling (of “The White Man’s Burden” fame) have been less concealing of the imperialist bent in their works. The Latin Americas, Africa, and Asia, in these narratives are imagined to be uninhabited lands of milk and honey, the home of exotic peoples ready for plunder and adventure, or the domain of primitive barbarians that should be civilized. From A Modest Proposal: Ban All Those Books!

2019-03-03 18:40

Canavar Peşinde Kaderine Hükmet 1 Kara Kazan(Sert Kapak) - Adam Blade TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Beyaz Balina Yayınları

Don't get this book to learn about Estonia--although if you read it you will surely learn something about the tiny Baltic country. The sub-title has it exactly right: it's a "ramble through the periphery". Estonia is not a travel book or a history in any typical sense; it's a frequently funny, crank's catalog of Estonia as observed by a hyper-literate, cantankerous traveler. It's 300 pages of creatively-connected observations about television, movies, music, food, culture, manners, religion, weather, personalities, and (of course) language that's brought about by the author's trip to Estonia to accompany his wife on her Fulbright scholarship. This is in no way an "objective" book about Estonia. As Theroux sums it up himself: "I daresay my Estonia is as much about me and my crotchets as it is about anything else . . ." I daresay. I also wouldn't recommend this book as an introduction to Theroux; one of his novels would probably be the best place to start. Estonia is similar to his "colors" essays--rambling, list-heavy, digressions on a topic. In this case the topic is Estonia, instead of Red, Yellow, or Blue. I would, however, recommend Estonia to any one who is already a fan of Theroux. If you share his passion for the rhetoric of outrage, you'll love his irritible digressions on politics, religion, fellow travelers, and nearly everything else he encounters. He's an oddly fun travel companion--especially when he's grousing.

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