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The Audacious Raconteur : Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India /

"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"--

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Prasad, Leela (Awdur)
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Cyfres:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Pynciau:
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.
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available:
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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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