Research Catalog

Title

Empire islands [electronic resource] : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

Author

Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca.

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xxix, 277 p.) : ill., maps.

Uniform Title

Empire islands (Online)

Alternative Title

Empire islands (Online)

Subject

• Islands in literature
• English fiction > History and criticism
• English fiction > English-speaking countries > History and criticism
• Castaways in literature
• Imperialism in literature
• Cannibalism in literature
• Pirates in literature
• Monsters in literature
• Psychology in literature
• Psychoanalysis and literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Monarchs of all they survey -- Disciplined islands : white fatherhood, homosocial masculinity, and law -- Voracious cannibals, rapacious pirates, and threats of counterincorporation -- "Falling to the lowest degree of brutishness" : wild men, monsters, and the bestial taint -- Island parodies and Crusoe pantomimes : resistance from within -- The U.S. island fantasy, or cast away with Gilligan.

LCCN

2006100756

OCLC

ssj0000146178

Author

Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca.

Title

Empire islands [electronic resource] : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

Imprint

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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