The story-time of the British Empire : colonial and postcolonial folkloristics / / Sadhana Naithani

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910953234003321
• Autore: Naithani Sadhana
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jackson, [Miss.], : University Press of Mississippi, c2010
• ISBN: 1-62103-769-X; 1-282-63768-1; 9786612637681; 1-60473-456-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 398.20941
• Soggetti: Tales; Folklore; Folklorists; Great Britain Colonies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1. Fields: Colonialism, Folklore, and Postcolonial Theory; CHAPTER 2. Motive: The Contexts of Colonial Folklorists; CHAPTER 3. Method: The Striving of Colonial Folklorists; CHAPTER 4. Theory: Colonial Theories of Folklore; CHAPTER 5. The Story-Time of the British Empire: Transnational Folkloristics as Theory of Cultural Disjunctions; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Naithani examines folklore collections compiled by British colonial administrators, military men, missionaries, and women in the British colonies of Africa, Asia, and Australia between 1860 and 1950. Much of this work was accomplished in the context of colonial relations and done by non-folklorists, yet these oral narratives and poetic expressions of non-Europeans were transcribed, translated, published, and discussed internationally. The book analyses the role of folklore scholarship in the construction of colonial cultural politics as well as in the conception of international folklore studies.