Author Archive for: ‘Bernard Porter’
Race, Empire, and The Rose of Rhodesia
Abstract The Rose of Rhodesia is difficult to place in relation to British imperialism and race relations, because its situation with regard to both is ambivalent. Though clearly an “imperial” film, it has a greater affinity with the “liberal” kind of contemporary imperialism than with other sorts. Its racial attitudes appear liberal, too, albeit in a patronizing kind of way. As …
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