Barnett, Clive
(1996).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1080/09663699625568 |
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Abstract
This paper considers the gendered organisation of narration in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. It is argued that the text fictionalises its audience as an exclusively masculine community of readers, bounded together by shared interests and commitments. The discursive construction of preferred reading positions is critically examined with reference to the mobilisation of discourses of cannibalism and representations of femininity in the text. It is argued that positive evaluations of the text, as a critique of imperialism or a commentary on the human condition, are problematised by consideration of the gender values inscribed in the texture of the narrative.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 1996 Journals Oxford Ltd |
| ISSN: | 1360-0524 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Social Sciences > Geography |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC) |
| Item ID: | 24197 |
| Depositing User: | Clive Barnett |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2011 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2012 16:01 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/24197 |
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