|
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history
|
Buy Now
Disaffected - Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere (Paperback)
Loot Price: R654
Discovery Miles 6 540
You Save: R63
(9%)
|
|
|
Disaffected - Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere (Paperback)
Series: Corpus Juris: The Humanities in Politics and Law
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Disaffected examines the effects of antisedition law on the
overlapping public spheres of India and Britain under empire. After
1857, the British government began censoring the press in India,
culminating in 1870 with the passage of Section 124a, a law that
used the term "disaffection" to target the emotional tenor of
writing deemed threatening to imperial rule. As a result, Tanya
Agathocleous shows, Indian journalists adopted modes of writing
that appeared to mimic properly British styles of prose even as
they wrote against empire. Agathocleous argues that Section 124a,
which is still used to quell political dissent in present-day
India, both irrevocably shaped conversations and critiques in the
colonial public sphere and continues to influence anticolonialism
and postcolonial relationships between the state and the public.
Disaffected draws out the coercive and emotional subtexts of law,
literature, and cultural relationships, demonstrating how the
criminalization of political alienation and dissent has shaped
literary form and the political imagination.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
