Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialogues : 'Discoveries' of India in the Language of Colonialism

ISBN-13: 9780415085199 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 208 str.

Jyotsna G. Singh;Singh Jyotsna

Opis

This is an entry into current debates within English, Shakespearean and post-colonial studies. Using Shakespeare as a case in point, Singh shows how the study of English literature was implicated in the ideology of the empires in colonies such as India. In the modern post-independence era, she argues, such literary studies continue to promote western and neo-colonial culture among the English-speaking elite classes. Combining in-depth research with theory, this volume generates debates about the link between culture and politics.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Jyotsna Singh