Colonial voices : the discourses of empire / Pramod K. Nayar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nayar, Pramod K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Imperialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

National characteristics, English, in literature.

Exoticism in literature.

Other (Philosophy) in literature.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Great Britain--Colonies--In literature.

Great Britain.

India--In literature.

India.

Great Britain--Colonies--India--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester [England] ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This accessible cultural history explores 400 years of British imperial adventure in India, developing a coherent narrative through a wide range of colonial documents, from exhibition catalogues to memoirs and travelogues. It shows how these texts helped legitimize the moral ambiguities of colonial rule even as they helped the English fashion themselves. An engaging examination of European colonizers' representations of native populationsAnalyzes colonial discourse through an impressive range of primary sources, including memoirs, letters, exhibition catalogues, administrat

Contents:

Introducing: colonial discourse

Travel, exploration and discovery: from imagination to inquiry

The discourse of difference: constructing the colonial exotic

Empire management: from domestication to spectacle

Civilizing the empire: colonialism and the ideology of moral-material progress

Aesthetic understanding: from colonial English to imperial cosmopolitans.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-259) and index.

ISBN:

9786613615565

9781280585739

1280585730

9781118278970

1118278976

9781118279007

111827900X

9781118278994

1118278992

OCLC:

784883674