03054oam 22007334a 450 991052469410332120230621135739.09781501752292150175229410.1515/9781501752285(CKB)5590000000002978(OCoLC)1141038618(MdBmJHUP)muse85331(DE-B1597)546027(DE-B1597)9781501752285(OCoLC)1224278083(MiAaPQ)EBC6027394(Au-PeEL)EBL6027394(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/89162(EXLCZ)99559000000000297820200203d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Audacious RaconteurSovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India /Leela Prasad1st ed.Cornell University Press2020Ithaca [New York] :Cornell University Press,2020.©2020.1 online resource (1 online resource)9781501752285 1501752286 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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"--Provided by publisher.Imperialism in literaturePolitics and literatureIndiaHistory20th centuryPolitics and literatureIndiaHistory19th centuryStorytellingPolitical aspectsIndiaLiterature and societyIndiaHistory20th centuryLiterature and societyIndiaHistory19th centuryIndiaIntellectual life20th centuryIndiaIntellectual life19th centuryElectronic books. Imperialism in literature.Politics and literatureHistoryPolitics and literatureHistoryStorytellingPolitical aspectsLiterature and societyHistoryLiterature and societyHistory809/.8954Prasad Leela987730Liberata de Souza Anna, Raju P. V. Ramaswami, Sastri S. M. Natesa, Venkataswami M. N., MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524694103321The Audacious Raconteur2493398UNINA