Imperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities and Colonial Literature

by Philip Joseph Holden

Illuminates the intersections between colonial thought and homosexuality

An exploration of the intersection of colonialism and homosexuality in fiction and travel writing from Robinson Crusoe to the present, this volume brings together two dynamic fields of academic inquiry: colonial discourse analysis, which considers literary texts as expressions of colonial power; and queer theory, which interrogates the representation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816637652
• ISBN13: 9780816637652
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"