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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461794403321

Autore

Goswami Supriya

Titolo

Colonial India in children's literature / / Supriya Goswami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-52119-9

9786613833648

0-203-11222-9

1-136-28143-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Childrens literature and culture ; ; 85

Disciplina

820.9/9282

Soggetti

Children's literature, English - History and criticism

Imperialism in literature

Electronic books.

India In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Colonial India In Children's Literature; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. (En)Countering Conversion: Missionary Debates and Colonial Policy in Mary Sherwood's The History of Little Henry and His Bearer; Chapter 2. Resisting Tipu Taming the Tiger and Coming of Age in Barbara Hofland's The Captives in India; Chapter 3. The Post-Mutiny Imperial Boy Hero Bridging Cultural Divides in Sara Jeanette Duncan's The Story of Sonny Sahib

Chapter 4. 'Macaulay's Minutemen' The Mimic Men and the Subversion of Law in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle BooksChapter 5. Trivializing Empire The Topsy-Turvy World of Upendrakishore Ray and Sukumar Ray; Conclusion The Postcolonial Legacy; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Colonial India in Children's Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children's literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. Engaging with important theoretical and critical literature that deals with colonialism, hegemony, and marginalization in children's literature, Goswami proposes that British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children's literature respond to five key



historical events: the missionary debates preceding the Charter Act of 1813, the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the Mutiny of 1857, the birth of Indian nationalism, and the Swa