| Description |
x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Neocolonial Conditions of Reading. Feminism and a Colonial Scene of Writing. Subaltern Forms of Knowledge. Wild Anthropology -- 2. The Rise of Women in an Age of Progress: Jane Eyre. Fictions of Female Authoring. Slave as Emancipator. Sati as Feminine Ideal -- 3. The Civilizing Mission Disfigured. The Truth-Effects of Fiction. Judith of Cawnpore. The Rani of Jhansi -- 4. The Rise of Memsahibs in an Age of Empire: On the Face of the Waters. New Woman in the Colonial Text. Reading for Feminist Plots. The Subject of Sati -- 5. The Unspeakable Limits of Civility: A Passage to India. The Indeterminacies of Rape. Other Plottings, Stories Not Told -- 6. The Ruins of Time: The Jewel in the Crown. The Raj Nostalgia Mode. To Speak Allegorically, to Speak of Rape Otherwise. A Return to the "House of the Ladies" |
| Summary |
Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction |
| Analysis |
Colonies in literature |
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English History and criticism |
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Imperialism in literature |
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Women Great Colonies |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 163-164 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Colonies in literature.
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Colonies -- In literature.
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English fiction -- History and criticism.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Women and literature -- Colonies -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
92045112 |
| ISBN |
0816620598 (acid-free) |
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0816620601 (paperback: acid-free) |
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