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Contrapuntual reading

[...] in short, the metropolis gets its authority to a considerable extent from the devaluation as well as the exploitation of the outlying colonial possession. [p.59]

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In practical terms, "contrapuntual reading" as I have called it means reading a text with an understanding of what is involved when an author shows, for instance, that a colonial sugar plantation is seen as important to the process of maintaining a particular style of life in England. [p.66]

Culture and Imperialism
Edward Said

Posted on:
2008.10.16 -0500

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