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This book examines the representation of penal colonies both historically and in contemporary culture, across an array of media. The chapters draw on media discourse analysis, critical cartography, museum and heritage studies, ethnography, architectural history, visual culture including film and comics studies and gaming studies.
Sophie Fuggle is Associate Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Cultural Heritage at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and teaches on the MA in Museum and Heritage Development programme.
Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool, UK. He has published on a range of subjects, including travel writing, colonial history, postcolonial and world literature, and the memorialisation of slavery.
Katharina Massing is Senior Kecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK, and Course Leader of the MA in Museum and Heritage Development programme.