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Reading the Animal in the Literature of the British Raj / by S. Rajamannar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rajamannar, Shefali.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature.
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- Imperialism.
- Literature.
- European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- Literature, Modern--19th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- European Literature.
- Asian History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- World Literature.
- Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
- Nineteenth-Century Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- European Literature.
- Asian History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- World Literature.
- Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
- Nineteenth-Century Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Discusses the production and circulation of animal narratives in colonial India in order to investigate the constructs of animals played into a variety of forms of othering that took place in England during its imperial venture.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by James R. Kincaid; Acknowledgments; Glossary; 1 Introduction: Why the Animal? Or, Can the Subaltern Roar, and Other Risky Questions: Some Theoretical Frameworks; 2 Animals, Children, and Street Urchins; 3 Herein the British Nimrod May View a New and Arduous Species of the Chase: Hunting Narratives and the British Raj, 1757-1857; 4 Our Rightful Claim to Superiority as a Dominant Race: Hunting Narratives and the British Raj, 1857-1947; 5 Animals, Humans, and Natural Laws: Kipling and Forster
- 6 Making Kingdoms Out of BeastsNotes; Illustration Credits; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613613059
- 9781280583278
- 1280583274
- 9781137011077
- 1137011076
- OCLC:
- 778697411
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