Overview

In this controversial and bracing study, Robert Young argues that today's theories on post-colonialism and ethnicity are disturbingly close to the colonial discourse of the nineteenth century.

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9780415053730

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... [This] is a book that everyone interested in the interconnected history of the modern concepts of race, culture, sexuality, and empire should read.. - American Historical Review Colonial Desire is an indespensable study, a work that reflects the needs of our current situation. Colonial Desire will begin much needed debates about the terminology of postcolonialism, as well as the so-far unstudied issue of colonial desire. - Journal of Caribbean Studies ... Colonial Desire is a valuable resource for gender studies. -Shalini Purl, Signs ... an important work. - Canadian Historical Review

... [This] is a book that everyone interested in the interconnected history of the modern concepts of race, culture, sexuality, and empire should read.. <br>- American Historical Review <br> Colonial Desire is an indespensable study, a work that reflects the needs of our current situation. Colonial Desire will begin much needed debates about the terminology of postcolonialism, as well as the so-far unstudied issue of colonial desire. <br>- Journal of Caribbean Studies <br>... Colonial Desire is a valuable resource for gender studies. <br>-Shalini Purl, Signs <br>... an important work. <br>- Canadian Historical Review <br>

'Original insightful and documented.' - Prof A Viola, Nice University, Nice, France

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Young, Robert J. C.

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