Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Richardson, Robbie (1979-....). Auteur du texte  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : The savage and modern self [Texte imprimé] : North American Indians in eighteenth-century British literature and culture / Robbie Richardson

Publication : Toronto : University of Toronto press, copyright 2018

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-247 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and index
"The Savage and Modern Self examines the representations of North American "Indians" in novels, poetry, plays, and material culture from eighteenth-century Britain. Author Robbie Richardson argues that depictions of "Indians" in British literature were used to critique and articulate evolving ideas about consumerism, colonialism, "Britishness," and, ultimately, the "modern self" over the course of the century. Considering the ways in which British writers represented contact between Britons and "Indians," both at home and abroad, the author shows how these sites of contact moved from a self-affirmation of British authority earlier in the century, to a mutual corruption, to a desire to appropriate perceived traits of "Indianess." Looking at texts exclusively produced in Britain, The Savage and Modern Self reveals that "the modern" finds definition through imagined scenes of cultural contact. By the end of the century, Richardson concludes, the hybrid Indian-Brition emerging in literature and visual culture exemplifies a form of modern, British masculinity."--Provided by publisher

Sujet(s) : Littérature anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Culture -- Grande-Bretagne -- XVIIIe siècle -- Thèmes, motifs  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Indiens d'Amérique -- Dans la littérature  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781487503444. - ISBN 148750344X (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb45537027c

Notice n° :  FRBNF45537027 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction ; Indians and the construction of Britishness in the early eighteenth century ; The indian as cultural critic: shaping the British self ; Captivity narratives and colonialism ; Novel indians: Tsonnonthouan and the commodification of culture ; Becoming indians: sentiment and the hybrid British subject ; Native North American material culture in the British imaginary ; Conclusion: "pen-and-ink work".