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British Colonial Realism in Africa

Inalienable Objects, Contested Domains

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction: Reading Colonial Realism

    • Deborah Shapple Spillman
    Pages 1-28
  3. Realism and Realia in Colonial Southern Africa

    • Deborah Shapple Spillman
    Pages 123-174
  4. Coda

    • Deborah Shapple Spillman
    Pages 217-224
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 225-245

About this book

What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance.

About the author

DEBORAH SHAPPLE SPILLMAN is assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Oregon, USA.

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