{"product_id":"colonial-desire","title":"Colonial Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe language of contemporary cultural theory shows remarkable similarities with the patterns of thought which characterised Victorian racial theory. Far from being marked by a separation from the racialised thinking of the past, \u003cem\u003eColonial Desire\u003c\/em\u003e shows we are operating \u003cem\u003ein complicity\u003c\/em\u003e with historical ways of viewing 'the other', both sexually and racially.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eColonial Desire\u003c\/em\u003e is a controversial and bracing study of the history of Englishness and 'culture'. Robert Young argues that the theories advanced today about post-colonialism and ethnicity are disturbingly close to the colonial discourse of the nineteenth century. 'Englishness', Young argues, has been less fixed and stable than uncertain, fissured with difference and a desire for otherness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45542769230062,"sku":"9780415053747","price":59.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415053747.jpg?v=1720134489","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/colonial-desire","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}