This is a book-length study which explores the intersections of children's literature and defines historical moments in colonial India. Goswami proposes that British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children's literature respond to five key historical events.
This is a book-length study which explores the intersections of children's literature and defines historical moments in colonial India. Goswami propos...
Colonial India in Children s Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children s literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. Engaging with important theoretical and critical literature that deals with colonialism, hegemony, and marginalization in children's literature, Goswami proposes that British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children s literature respond to five key historical events: the missionary debates preceding the Charter Act of 1813, the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the Mutiny of 1857, the birth of Indian nationalism, and the...
Colonial India in Children s Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children s literature and defining ...
