The story-time of the British Empire : colonial and postcolonial folkloristics / Sadhana Naithani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naithani, Sadhana.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tales.

Folklore.

Folklorists.

Great Britain--Colonies.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Naithani examines folklore collections compiled by British colonial administrators, military men, missionaries, and women in the British colonies of Africa, Asia, and Australia between 1860 and 1950. Much of this work was accomplished in the context of colonial relations and done by non-folklorists, yet these oral narratives and poetic expressions of non-Europeans were transcribed, translated, published, and discussed internationally. The book analyses the role of folklore scholarship in the construction of colonial cultural politics as well as in the conception of international folklore studies.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1. Fields: Colonialism, Folklore, and Postcolonial Theory; CHAPTER 2. Motive: The Contexts of Colonial Folklorists; CHAPTER 3. Method: The Striving of Colonial Folklorists; CHAPTER 4. Theory: Colonial Theories of Folklore; CHAPTER 5. The Story-Time of the British Empire: Transnational Folkloristics as Theory of Cultural Disjunctions; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62103-769-X

1-282-63768-1

9786612637681

1-60473-456-6

OCLC:

646068370