@misc { , title = {Exploding taxonomies, exhibiting textuality: J.G. Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur}, abstract = {The essay examines how collecting and textual accumulation provided the British Empire with a range of symbolic practices to extert indirect control over the colonised territory. The chapter centres on J.G. Farrell's satire of imperial ideology in his 1973 novel The Siege of Krishnapur, to argue that in a post-imperial context such practices acquire metafictional value.}, isbn = {9783039113774}, pages = {241-255}, publicationstatus = {Published}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1000847}, keyword = {taxonomies, textuality, J.G. Farrell, The Seige of Krishnapur}, year = {2009}, author = {Boccardi, Mariadele} editor = {Patey, Caroline and Scuriatti, Laura} }