Autobiography and decolonization : modernity, masculinity, and the nation-state / Philip Holden.

"Autobiography and Decolonization critically reexamines the autobiographies of three generations of political leaders in the era of decolonization. Using gender studies and postcolonial theory, Philip Holden shows that these works constitute a special subgenre of autobiography. These "nati...

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Main Author: Holden, Philip, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2008]
Series:Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
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