Reading the animal in the literature of the British Raj / Shefail Rajamannar ; foreword by James R. Kincaid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rajamannar, Shefail.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglo-Indian literature--History and criticism.

Anglo-Indian literature.

Animals in literature.

Indic literature (English)--History and criticism.

Indic literature (English).

Imperialism in literature.

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

India.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"This book discusses the production and circulation of animal narratives in colonial India in order to investigate the manner in which constructs of animals played into a variety of forms of othering that took place in England during its imperial venture. Shefali Rajamannar reads imperialism through a posthumanist critique, arguing that race, class, gender, age, and species do not exist in isolation but must be read in intimate relation to one another"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Why the Animal? Or, Can the Subaltern Roar, and Other Risky Questions: Some Theoretical Frameworks 1

2 Animals, Children, and Street Urchins 17

3 Herein the British Nimrod May View a New and Arduous Species of the Chase: Hunting Narratives and the British Raj, 1757-1857 29

4 Our Rightful Claim to Superiority as a Dominant Race: Hunting Narratives and the British Raj, 1857-1947 69

5 Animals, Humans, and Natural Laws: Kipling and Forster 129

6 Making Kingdoms Out of Beasts 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230114494

0230114490

OCLC:

738336013