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T1 Jack Maggs: the use of hypnotism at the Dusk or the British Empire
A1 Baines Alarcos, María del Pilar
K1 imperio británico
K1 Australia
K1 ansiedades coloniales
K1 el retorno de lo reprimido
K1 ciencias ocultas
K1 hipnotismo
AB Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs (1997) shows the fascination of Victorian Britain for the occult and its link with the anxiety that existed about the survival of the British Empire. The lack of new territories to conquer in this world made the Victorians focus on the otherworld. This is illustrated through the character of Jack, who is hypnotised so that his mind can be explored. Hypnotism is also used to criticise the power that Britain exercised over its colonies, in this case Australia, thus exposing Britain’s fear of rebellion: the colonised might take the role of the coloniser, as Jack threatens to do in the novel.
PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 0211-5913
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/12515
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 24-nov-2024