1st Edition
Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialogues 'Discoveries' of India in the Language of Colonialism
By Jyotsna Singh
Copyright 1996
204 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialogues demonstrates the continuing validity of the colonial paradigm as it maps the geographical, political, and imaginative space of 'India/Indies' from the seventeenth century to the present. Breaking new ground in postcolonial studies, Jyotsna Singh highlights the interconnections among early modern colonial encounters, later manifestations in the Raj and their... Read more
Introduction 1. Discoveries, Encounters, Spectacles: Colonial Beginnings 2. English Nabobs: Eighteenth Century Orientalism, 3. The Gendering of Empire 4. Shakespeare and the 'Civilizing Mission' 5. 'The Blind Age': Discovering the Postcolonial Nation
Biography
Jyotsna Singh
