Colonial India in children's literature / / Supriya Goswami
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| Autore: |
Goswami Supriya
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| Titolo: |
Colonial India in children's literature / / Supriya Goswami
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.9/9282 |
| Soggetto topico: | Children's literature, English - History and criticism |
| Imperialism in literature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | India In literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Colonial India In Children's Literature; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. (En)Countering Conversion: Missionary Debates and Colonial Policy in Mary Sherwood's The History of Little Henry and His Bearer; Chapter 2. Resisting Tipu Taming the Tiger and Coming of Age in Barbara Hofland's The Captives in India; Chapter 3. The Post-Mutiny Imperial Boy Hero Bridging Cultural Divides in Sara Jeanette Duncan's The Story of Sonny Sahib |
| Chapter 4. 'Macaulay's Minutemen' The Mimic Men and the Subversion of Law in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle BooksChapter 5. Trivializing Empire The Topsy-Turvy World of Upendrakishore Ray and Sukumar Ray; Conclusion The Postcolonial Legacy; Notes; Works Cited; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Colonial India in Children's Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children's literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. Engaging with important theoretical and critical literature that deals with colonialism, hegemony, and marginalization in children's literature, Goswami proposes that British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children's literature respond to five key historical events: the missionary debates preceding the Charter Act of 1813, the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the Mutiny of 1857, the birth of Indian nationalism, and the Swa |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Colonial India in children's literature |
| ISBN: | 1-283-52119-9 |
| 9786613833648 | |
| 0-203-11222-9 | |
| 1-136-28143-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461794403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Children's Literature and Culture