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Masks of Conquest : Literary Study and British Rule in India by Gauri Viswanathan (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231171692
ISBN-139780231171694
eBay Product ID (ePID)202439027
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameMasks of Conquest : Literary Study and British Rule in India
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
SubjectAsian / Indic, Asia / India & South Asia, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, History
AuthorGauri Viswanathan
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number25
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-942610
ReviewsBrilliantly working out in local detail a conception of literary education as a 'strategy of containment,' Masks of Conquest adds significantly both to the history of English education in relation to literary representation, and to the ongoing critical revaluation of the role of 'Literature' in modern culture., The great merit of Viswanathan's closely argued and admirably researched book is to show that the exigencies of managing an empire played a far more important role than has hitherto been recognized in the emergence of the discipline as a social practice.
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal820.9/954
Table Of ContentPreface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Beginnings of English Literary Study 2. Praeparatio Evangelica 3. "One Power, One Mind" 4. Rewriting English 5. Lessons of History 6. The Failure of English 7. Conclusion: Empire and the Western Canon Notes Select Bibliography Index
SynopsisA classic work in postcolonial studies, Masks of Conquest describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future shape. In her new preface, Gauri Viswanathan argues forcefully that the curricular study of English can no longer be understood innocently of or inattentively to the imperial contexts in which the discipline first articulated its mission., Describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and its function as an effective form of political control
LC Classification NumberPR9484.3.V5 2015
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