Respresentations Of Asian Women In Kipling And Conrad:Imperial "Boundaries" And The Asian Woman As Other

Abstract

The Asian woman, differentiated both by gender and race, is the primary mark of the "other" in the epistemology of the imperialist. Her alienness incites fear even while it arouses curiosity: she is thus the site of both repulsion and attraction. This essay compares and contrasts the ways in which Kipling and Conrad employ narrative strategies to deal with the challenge that the Asian woman presents to the "boundaries" of the imperialist's epistemology.