Out of Place: Englishness, Empire, and the Locations of Identity by Ian Baucom (

Description: Out of Place by Ian Baucom Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description In a 1981 debate on the British Nationality Act, Enoch Powell insisted that although a black man may be a British citizen, he can never be an Englishman. This book explains why such a claim was possible to advance and impossible to defend. Publisher Description In a 1968 speech on British immigration policy, Enoch Powell insisted that although a black man may be a British citizen, he can never be an Englishman. This book explains why such a claim was possible to advance and impossible to defend. Ian Baucom reveals how "Englishness" emerged against the institutions and experiences of the British Empire, rendering English culture subject to local determinations and global negotiations. In his view, the Empire was less a place where England exerted control than where it lost command of its own identity. Analyzing imperial crisis zones--including the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Morant Bay uprising of 1865, the Amritsar massacre of 1919, and the Brixton riots of 1981--Baucom asks if the building of the empire completely refashioned Englands narratives of national identity. To answer this question, he draws on a surprising range of sources: Victorian and imperial architectural theory, colonial tourist manuals, lexicographic treatises, domestic and imperial cricket culture, country house fetishism, and the writings of Ruskin, Kipling, Ford Maddox Ford, Forster, Rhys, C.L.R.James, Naipaul, and Rushdie--and representations of urban riot on television, in novels, and in parliamentary sessions.Emphasizing the English preoccupation with place, he discusses some crucial locations of Englishness that replaced the rural sites of Wordsworthian tradition: the Morant Bay courthouse, Bombays Gothic railway station, the battle grounds of the 1857 uprising in India, colonial cricket fields, and, last but not least, urban riot zones. Author Biography Ian Baucom is the Dean of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia. Details ISBN 069100403X ISBN-13 9780691004037 Title Out of Place Author Ian Baucom Format Paperback Year 1999 Pages 280 Publisher Princeton University Press GE_Item_ID:161694858; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9780691004037

Book Title: Out of Place

Number of Pages: 280 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Out of Place : Englishness, Empire, and the Locations of Identity

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Year: 1999

Subject: General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Subjects & Themes / Politics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General

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Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 13 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, History

Author: Ian Baucom

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