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London Calling : V. S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1992Copyright date: ©1992Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195361964
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: London CallingDDC classification:
  • 823/.914
LOC classification:
  • PR9272.9.N32Z795 199
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Naipaul's Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. The License of Exile -- 2. Naipaul and the Traditions of Travel -- 3. At the Generic Crossroads: Travel Writing, Ethnography, and Autobiography -- 4. Preparations for Travel: Naipaul's Conradian Atavism -- 5. The Terms of Dismissal: 'Barbarism,' 'Primitivism,' and 'Simple Societies' -- 6. 'Mimicry,' 'Parasitism,' and Resistance -- Conclusion: A Kinder, Gentler Naipaul? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- Naipaul's Chronology -- Introduction -- 1. The License of Exile -- 2. Naipaul and the Traditions of Travel -- 3. At the Generic Crossroads: Travel Writing, Ethnography, and Autobiography -- 4. Preparations for Travel: Naipaul's Conradian Atavism -- 5. The Terms of Dismissal: 'Barbarism,' 'Primitivism,' and 'Simple Societies' -- 6. 'Mimicry,' 'Parasitism,' and Resistance -- Conclusion: A Kinder, Gentler Naipaul? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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