Title The audacious raconteur : sovereignty and storytelling in colonial India / Leela Prasad

Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents 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 Summary "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 Analysis Imperialism, colonial modernity, Storytelling/Narrative, Oral history, Native scholar Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Literature and society -- India -- History -- 19th century Literature and society -- India -- History -- 20th century Storytelling -- Political aspects -- India Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 19th century Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century Imperialism in literature. PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling Imperialism in literature Intellectual life Literature and society Politics and literature Storytelling -- Political aspects SUBJECT India -- Intellectual life -- 19th century India -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Subject India Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020005703 ISBN 9781501752292 1501752294 9781501752285 1501752286

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