From cannibals to radicals : figures and limits of exoticism

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From cannibals to radicals : figures and limits of exoticism

Roger Célestin

University of Minnesota Press, c1996

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  • : pb

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-249) and index

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巻冊次

: hc ISBN 9780816626045

内容説明

In this analysis, Roger Celestin examines the concept of exoticism from a historical and literary perspective. Through close readings of works by Montaigne, Diderot, Flaubert, Barthes, and Naipaul, he examines the way these writers have challenged representations of cultural identity in their time. Celestin begins with a survey of previous treatments of exoticism in literature, philosophy, political theory and anthropology. He then argues that the authors under study use exoticism both to interrogate dominant discourses of "home" (in its various forms of empire, Europe, and the centre) and to negotiate a tension between home and the exotic rather than opting for one or the other. The texts produced by these authors are the visible signs of this negotiation, and this work examines the figures and tactics of negotiation as they appear in such works as Montaigne's "Essays", Flaubert's "Salammbo", and Barthes's "Empire of signs". Using exoticism as a critical tool rather than as an object of study, the book clarifies its uses as a mode of representation from the Renaissance to the current postcolonial era.

目次

  • Exotic/exoticism - moving the wor(l)d around
  • Montaigne - the private, savage self
  • Bougainville and Diderot - the static explorer and the chameleon philosopher
  • Flaubert - the cannibal stylist
  • Barthes - the splendor of the signifier
  • Naipaul - the "exotic" view
  • conclusion - trinkets from outer space.
巻冊次

: pb ISBN 9780816626052

内容説明

In this analysis, Roger Celestin examines the concept of exoticism from a historical and literary perspective. Through close readings of works by Montaigne, Diderot, Flaubert, Barthes, and Naipaul, he examines the way these writers have challenged representations of cultural identity in their time. Celestin begins with a survey of previous treatments of exoticism in literature, philosophy, political theory and anthropology. He then argues that the authors under study use exoticism both to interrogate dominant discourses of "home" (in its various forms of empire, Europe, and the centre)) and to negotiate a tension between home and the exotic rather than opting for one or the other. The texts produced by these authors are the visible signs of the negotiation, and this book examines the figures and tactics of negotiation as they appear in such works as Montaigne's "Essays", Flaubert's "Salammbo", and Barthes's "Empire of signs". Using exoticism as a critical tool rather than as an object of study, "From cannibals to radicals" clarifies its use as a mode of representation from the Renaissance to the current postcolonial era.

目次

  • Exotic/exoticism - moving the wor(l)d around
  • Montaigne - the private, savage self
  • Bougainville and Diderot - the static explorer and the chameleon philosopher
  • Flaubert - the cannibal stylist
  • Barthes - the splendor of the signifier
  • Naipaul - the "exotic" view
  • conclusion - trinkets from outer space.

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