The Audacious Raconteur : Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India / / Leela Prasad

• Autore: Prasad Leela
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2020; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource)
• Disciplina: 809/.8954
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: India Intellectual life 20th century; India Intellectual life 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Imperialism, colonial modernity, Storytelling/Narrative, Oral history, Native scholar
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The Audacious Raconteur
• ISBN: 1-5017-5229-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996379038803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno