This book focuses on the ways in which the figure of the Indian
woman has been deployed in the writings of some British women in
the period 1800-1935 and examines these writings in their specific
political and social contexts of colonial history. Though lesser
known than the works of such literary figures of the Raj as Kipling
and Forster, they cannot be dismissed as containing frivolous or
uninteresting accounts of colonial India. The literary writings of
British women as well as their travel accounts, letters and
periodical essays have been retrieved in order to uncover their
responses to Indian women which in turn were tied to the
intermeshed politics of gender, race and Empire. Crucial shifts in
these responses have also been located within specific historical
conjunctures. The political and social formations within India and
the voices of Indian men and women have been examined as important
constituents of the social and political matrix within which
British women's representations of Indian femininity have to be
explored.
General
Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
December 2011 |
First published: |
December 2011 |
Authors: |
Shampa Roy
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
328 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-8465-1917-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
The arts: general issues >
General
|
LSN: |
3-8465-1917-0 |
Barcode: |
9783846519172 |
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