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Violent Civilities - English, India, Culture (Paperback)
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Violent Civilities - English, India, Culture (Paperback)
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What is the relationship between the British colonial project and
English literature in India? How did official pronouncements on the
role of English in culture and education help define modern India?
How can postcolonial theory contribute towards and understanding of
this history and its aftermath? In this historical study, Prem
Poddar shows how colonisers and the nationalists who suceeded them
tended to inhabit the same discursive space. True difference and
heterogeneity became the first casualty in the name of a united
nation. The book details the "civil violence" of such policies in
independent India. If the study of English is to remain relevant in
ex-colonies like India, Possar argues, it must take cognisance of
postcolonial critiques that recognize other voices and locate
English literature in its various cultural and historical
contexts.;"Violent Civilities" speaks most obviously to scholars of
English, India or postcolonial studies, but it is also for anyone
interested in how contemporary academe can negotiate the
relationship between national identity, language and culture.
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