Monsters - a memoir (Paperback)

'I was born as part of a monstrous structure - the grotesque, hideous, ugly, ghastly, gruesome, horrible relations of power that constituted colonial Britain. A structure that shaped me, that shapes the very language that I speak and use and love. I am the daughter of an empire that declared itself the natural order of the world.' From award-winning writer and critic Alison Croggon, Monsters takes as its point of departure the painful breakdown of a relationship between two sisters. It explores how our attitudes are shaped by the persisting myths that underpin colonialism and patriarchy, how the structures we are raised within splinter and distort the possibilities of our lives. Monsters asks how we maintain the fictions that we create about ourselves, what we will sacrifice to maintain these fictions - and what we have to gain by confronting them.

General

Imprint:	Scribe Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	Alison Croggon
Dimensions:	210 x 135 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-913348-71-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-913348-71-7
Barcode:	9781913348717

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