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The Sexual Life of English : Languages of Caste and Desire in Colonial India /

Chandra explores how English became an Indian language during the colonial period of 1850-1930. Using archival and literary sources, she focuses on elite language education for girls and women.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chandra, Shefali, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Learning gender, knowing English : an introduction -- "The prudent and cautious engrafting of English upon our female population" : pedagogy and performativity -- "The language of the bedroom" : mimicry, masculinity and the sexual power of English -- "A new generation of hipless and breastless women is coming to the forefront in Europe and America" : literature, social class and the wider world of English -- "I shall read pretty English stories to my mother and translate them into Marathi for her ..." : widowhood, virtue and the secularization of caste -- "Why I had ever begun to learn English" : desire, labor and the trans-regional orientation of caste -- Dosebai Jessawalla and the "march of advancement in the face of obloquy" -- Epilogue : "I am an Indian. I have no language" : Parvatibai Athavale and the limits to English. 
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