A01=Astrid Rasch
Australia
Author_Astrid Rasch
autobiography
Britain
British empire
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colonial education
colonial past
colonial propaganda
colonialism
decolonisation
Empire
end of empire
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essayistic memoirs
family memoirs
imperial legacy
imperial memory
life writing
memoir
memory
nostalgia
political memoirs
racism
The Caribbean
travel writing
Zimbabwe
Product details
- ISBN 9781526189172
- Weight: 532g
- Dimensions: 156 x 16mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 2025
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Through close readings of almost twenty autobiographies written after the break-up of the British Empire, the book examines how individuals engage with the changing narrative landscape brought about by decolonisation. It considers the autobiographies less for what they may teach us about the moment remembered and more as windows on the act of remembering. This adds a crucial dimension to our understanding of the legacies of colonialism and how the ongoing process of decolonisation is reflected on the level of the individual. It argues that autobiographers are at once influenced by and seek to influence the cultural memory of empire and its legacies, and the authors’ own position in both. Situated at the intersection of imperial/decolonisation history, memory studies, and life writing studies, the book uncovers this intimate afterlife of empire.
Astrid Rasch is a Professor of Cultural and Social Studies in English at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
