Abstract
By exploring how laughter is represented in Kipling's ghost stories this article attempts a re-evaluation of how colonial and postcolonial identities can be theorised within the Gothic. Laughter, and the disorientation that it provokes, is accorded a Gothic function that destabilises images of colonial authority.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 43568505 |
Pages (from-to) | 58 - 69 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Gothic Studies |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2009 |
Keywords
- Rudyard Kipling
- colonial
- ghost story
- postcolonial