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Politeness plays a vital role in maintaining class differences. In this highly original account, Sara Mills analyses the interrelationship between class and linguistic interaction, uncovering the linguistic ideologies behind politeness in British English. She sheds light on the way politeness and rudeness interrelate with the marking of class boundaries, and reveals how middle-class positions in society are marked by people's use of self-deprecation, indirectness and reserve. Systematically challenging received wisdom about cross-cultural and inter-cultural differences, she goes beyond the mere context of the interaction to investigate the social dimension of politeness. This approach enables readers to analyse other languages in the same way, and a range of case studies illustrate how ideologies of politeness are employed and judged.

Provides a trenchant analysis of social relations - notions of class, nationality, gender, spatial relations, landscape, topography and travel - in postcolonial contexts Draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary texts to illustrate a fresh, more materialist approach to postcolonial theory Demonstrates the importance of gender in the postcolonial theorising of space Concentrates on the period of 'high' British colonialism at the close of the nineteenth century, and examines a range of contexts across India, Africa, America, Australia and Britain Illustrates how relations must be analys

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