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The colonial prison in Bengal, 1860-1945 : history, governmentality, and colonial experiences in literary writings / Animesh Bag.
Van Pelt Library PR9489.5 .B34 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bag, Animesh, author.
- Series:
- World histories of crime, culture and violence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indic literature (English)--19th century--History and criticism.
- Indic literature (English).
- Prisons--India--Bengal--History--19th century.
- Prisons.
- Prisons in literature.
- Bengal (India)--In literature.
- Bengal (India).
- Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--In literature.
- Great Britain.
- Indic literature (English)--History and criticism.
- Prisons--History.
- India--Bengal.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 258 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This book presents alternative histories of the colonial prison in Bengal, 1860-1945, focusing on the experiences of the colonised subject as produced in literary writings including fiction, dramas, and life writings. The colonial prison, as defined by penal acts, jail codes, jail manuals, committee reports, administrative data, and statistics, was a modern punitive institution that evolved from the religio-local and the Company’s capricious system into an effective humanitarian machine for 'the rule of law.' However, it was the site of torture, humiliation, and repression, which was subsequently challenged, defied, and resisted. The book establishes a comprehensive linkage between the macro historical and the micro historical perspective of the colonial prison exploring its changing image in Bengali society, its extended contribution to the formation of individual and collective identity, intricate tempo-spatial regulations within jails, and various techniques of corporeal and mental torture. The book also highlights resistance tactics of the prisoners, both ordinary and political, and finally it addresses the gendered dynamics and the gender-specific modalities of resistance and subversion." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 3031958330
- 9783031958335
- OCLC:
- 1519448753
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000266583
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