Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India (The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S.) - Tapa blanda

Viswanathan, Gauri

 
9780231070850: Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India (The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S.)
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ISBN 10: 0231070853 ISBN 13: 9780231070850
Editorial: Columbia University Press, 1992

Sinopsis

In nineteenth-century India, Gauri Viswanathan argues, the English literary text functioned as a mirror of the ideal Englishman in his most perfect state. The literature became a mask for economic exploitation that camouflaged the material activities of the colonizing British government. Viswanathan shows how the English studies introduced in India under British colonial rule came to be a most effective form of political control and how this abetted voluntary cultural assimilation. The author argues that challenges to the literary canon must take account of the role of Empire in the creation of modern English studies.

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In nineteenth-century India, Gauri Viswanathan argues, the English literary text functioned as a mirror of the ideal Englishman in his most perfect state. The literature became a mask for economic exploitation that camouflaged the material activities of the colonizing British government. Viswanathan shows how the English studies introduced in India under British colonial rule came to be a most effective form of political control and how this abetted voluntary cultural assimilation. The author argues that challenges to the literary canon must take account of the role of Empire in the creation of modern English studies.

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Columbia University Press
Año de publicación
1992
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ISBN 10 
0231070853
ISBN 13 
9780231070850
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Número de páginas
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