The Audacious Raconteur : Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India /

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Can a subject be sovereign in a hegemony? Can creativity be reined in by forces of empire? Studying closely the oral narrations and writings of four Indian authors in colonial India, The Audacious Raconteur argues that even the most hegemonic circumstances cannot suppress "audacious raconteurs,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prasad, Leela (Autor)
Otros Autores: Anna, Liberata de Souza (Contribuidor, contribtor.), M. N., Venkataswami (Contribuidor, contribtor.), P. V. Ramaswami, Raju (Contribuidor, contribtor.), S. M. Natesa, Sastri (Contribuidor, contribtor.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Temas:
1800-1999
Imperialism in literature.
Literature and society > India > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > India > History > 20th century.
Politics and literature > India > History > 19th century.
Politics and literature > India > History > 20th century.
Storytelling > Political aspects > India.
Asian Studies.
History.
Imperialism, colonial modernity, Storytelling/Narrative, Oral history, Native scholar.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et société > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique et littérature > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Politique et littérature > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Art de conter > Aspect politique > Inde.
PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling.
Literature and society.
Politics and literature.
Storytelling > Political aspects.
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: "That Acre of Ground"
  • Chapter 1 The Ruse of Colonial Modernity
  • Chapter 2 The History of the English Empire as a Fall
  • Chapter 3 The Subjective Scientific Method
  • Chapter 4 The Irony of the "Native Scholar"
  • Conclusion. The Sovereign Self
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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