02790oam 22006374a 450 99637903880331620210915050147.01-5017-5229-410.1515/9781501752285(CKB)5590000000002978(OCoLC)1141038618(MdBmJHUP)muse85331(DE-B1597)546027(DE-B1597)9781501752285(OCoLC)1224278083(MiAaPQ)EBC6027394(Au-PeEL)EBL6027394(EXLCZ)99559000000000297820200203d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Audacious RaconteurSovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India /Leela PrasadIthaca [New York] :Cornell University Press,2020.©2020.1 online resource (1 online resource)1-5017-5228-6 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, colonial modernity, Storytelling/Narrative, Oral history, Native scholar.Imperialism in literature.Politics and literatureHistoryPolitics and literatureHistoryStorytellingPolitical aspectsLiterature and societyHistoryLiterature and societyHistory809/.8954Prasad Leela987730MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996379038803316The Audacious Raconteur2493398UNISA