This is from the section of Edward Said's "Culture and Imperialism and Jane Austen, and feels, in some sense, like a helpful clue about the value of Austen's w

This is from the section of Edward Said's "Culture and Imperialism and Jane Austen, and feels, in some sense, like a helpful clue about the value of Austen's work to recent US legal culture. "As in Austen's other novels, the central group that finally emerges with marriage and property "ordained" is not based exclusively upon blood. Her novel enacts the disaffiliation (in the literal sense) of some members of a family, and the affiliation between others and one or two chosen and tested outsiders: in other words, blood relationships are not enough to a sure continuity, hierarchy, authority, both and international." The full section from the book is here: http://oldemc.english.ucsb.edu/emc-courses/JaneAusten-2011/Articles/Said.Culture%20and%20Imperialism_Warner.pdf http://oldemc.english.ucsb.edu/emc-courses/JaneAusten-2011/A...