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UNINA9910141295603321 |
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Autore |
Nayar Pramod K |
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Titolo |
Colonial voices [[electronic resource] ] : the discourses of empire / / Pramod K. Nayar |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Chichester [England] ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-58573-0 |
9786613615565 |
1-118-27897-6 |
1-118-27900-X |
1-118-27899-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - History and criticism |
Imperialism in literature |
Colonies in literature |
National characteristics, English, in literature |
Exoticism in literature |
Other (Philosophy) in literature |
Discourse analysis, Narrative |
Great Britain Colonies In literature |
India In literature |
Great Britain Colonies India History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introducing: colonial discourse -- Travel, exploration and discovery: from imagination to inquiry -- The discourse of difference: constructing the colonial exotic -- Empire management: from domestication to spectacle -- Civilizing the empire: colonialism and the ideology of moral-material progress -- Aesthetic understanding: from colonial English to imperial cosmopolitans. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This accessible cultural history explores 400 years of British imperial adventure in India, developing a coherent narrative through a wide range of colonial documents, from exhibition catalogues to memoirs |
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