Viswanathan, G: Masks of Conquest Literary Study and British Rule in India
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Sprache:Englisch
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
16.12.2014
Verlag
University PressesSeitenzahl
240
Maße (L/B/H)
22.8/15.4/1.5 cm
Gewicht
338 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-231-17169-4
A classic work in postcolonial studies, Masks of Conquest describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and its function as an effective form of political control abetting voluntary cultural assimilation. Gauri Viswanathan demonstrates how the literary text functioned as a mirror of the ideal Englishman and became a mask of exploitation that camouflaged the material activities of the colonizing British government. In her new preface, she argues that the curricular study of English can no longer be understood innocently or inattentively to the deeper contexts of imperialism, transnationalism, and globalization in which the discipline first articulated its mission. Masks of Conquest illuminates the transcontinental movements and derivations of English studies, revealing the discipline's origins are as diffuse as its future shape.
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