Generating heated debate , Edward Said devoted a chapter of his book `` Culture and Imperialism '' ( 1993 ) to `` Mansfield Park '' , arguing that the peripheral position of `` Antigua '' and the issue of slavery demonstrated that colonial oppression was an unspoken assumption of English society during the early 19th century .
Generating heated debate , Edward Said devoted a chapter of his book `` Culture and Imperialism '' ( 1993 ) to `` Mansfield Park '' , arguing that the peripheral position of `` Antigua '' and the issue of slavery demonstrated that colonial oppression was an unspoken assumption of English society during the early nineteenth century .