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Autore |
Nayar Pramod K |
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Titolo |
Colonial voices : 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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9786613615565 |
9781280585739 |
1280585730 |
9781118278970 |
1118278976 |
9781118279007 |
111827900X |
9781118278994 |
1118278992 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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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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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 |
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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 and travelogues. It shows how these texts helped legitimize the moral ambiguities of colonial rule even as they helped the English fashion themselves. An engaging examination of European colonizers' representations of native populationsAnalyzes colonial discourse through an impressive range of primary sources, including memoirs, letters, exhibition catalogues, administrat |
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