The Audacious Raconteur : Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India /

The Audacious Raconteur : Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India /

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"The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through their rambunctious storytelling and put empire in its place"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prasad, Leela (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Imperialism in literature.
Politics and literature > India > History > 20th century.
Politics and literature > India > History > 19th century.
Storytelling > Political aspects > India.
Literature and society > India > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > India > History > 19th century.
India > Intellectual life > 20th century.
India > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "An Acre of Ground"
  • The Ruse of Colonial Modernity : Anna Liberata de Souza
  • The History of the English Empire as a Fall : P.V. Ramaswami Raju
  • The Subjective Scientific Method : M.N. Venkataswami
  • The Irony of the "Native Scholar" : S.M. Natesa Sastri
  • Conclusion : The Sovereign Self.

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