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Autore |
Prasad Leela |
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Titolo |
The Audacious Raconteur : Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India / / Leela Prasad |
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Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2020 |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Imperialism in literature |
Politics and literature - India - History - 20th century |
Politics and literature - India - History - 19th century |
Storytelling - Political aspects - India |
Literature and society - India - History - 20th century |
Literature and society - India - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
India Intellectual life 20th century |
India Intellectual life 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : "An Acre of Ground" -- The Ruse of Colonial Modernity : Anna Liberata de Souza -- The History of the English Empire as a Fall : P.V. Ramaswami Raju -- The Subjective Scientific Method : M.N. Venkataswami -- The Irony of the "Native Scholar" : S.M. Natesa Sastri -- Conclusion : The Sovereign Self. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through their rambunctious storytelling and put empire in its place"-- |
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