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The Rhetoric Of Empire: Colonial Discourse In Journalism, Travel Writing, And Imperial Administration (Postcontemporary Interve,New
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The White Man'S Burden, Darkest Africa, The Seduction Of The Primitive: Such Phrases Were Widespread In The Language Western Empires Used To Talk About Their Colonial Enterprises. How This Language Itself Served Imperial Purposesand How It Survives Today In Writing About The Third Worldare The Subject Of David Spurr'S Book, A Revealing Account Of The Rhetorical Strategies That Have Defined Western Thinking About The Nonwestern World.Despite Historical Differences Among British, French, And American Versions Of Colonialism, Their Rhetoric Had Much In Common. The Rhetoric Of Empire Identifies These Shared Featuresimages, Figures Of Speech, And Characteristic Lines Of Argumentand Explores Them In A Wide Variety Of Sources. A Former Correspondent For The United Press International, The Author Is Equally At Home With Journalism Or Critical Theory, Travel Writing Or Official Documents, And His Discussion Is Remarkably Comprehensive. Ranging From T. E. Lawrence And Isak Dineson To Hemingway And Naipaul, From Time And The New Yorker To The National Geographic And Le Monde, From Journalists Such As Didion And Sontag To Colonial Administrators Such As Frederick Lugard And Albert Sarraut, This Analysis Suggests The Degree To Which Certain Rhetorical Tactics Penetrate The Popular As Well As Official Colonial And Postcolonial Discourse.Finally, Spurr Considers The Question: Can The Language Itselfand With It, Western Forms Of Interpretationbe Freed Of The Exercise Of Colonial Power? This Ambitious Book Is An Answer Of Sorts. By Exposing The Rhetoric Of Empire, Spurr Begins To Loosen Its Hold Over Discourse Aboutand Betweendifferent Cultures.
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