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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.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.