186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960.
Set in the context of British colonial rule in India, this book also reflects on similar situations across the British Empire and other colonial empires. The destruction of wildlife in the making of empires is a subject not yet fully explored in scholarship. This book aims to... Read more
1. The Hunted, their Witnesses and the Hunters’ Narratives 2. The Majestic Elephant Meets the Government of Her Majesty 3. The Multispecies World of the Indian Householder 4. The Tiger Obsession 5. The Tiger Grips the Narrator 6. The Narrative Warfare 7. To New Narratives
Biography
Sadhana Naithani is a professor of literature and folklore at the Centre of German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interest is in seeing cultural transformations through narratives. Two of her books are In Quest of Indian Folktales (2006) and The Story Time of the British Empire (2010).
