| Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India Contributor(s): Viswanathan, Gauri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231070845 ISBN-13: 9780231070843 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 420.710 |
| LCCN: 89037215 |
| Series: Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms Series |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.92 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Indian - Ethnic Orientation - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Masks of Conquest reveals how English studies introduced in India under British rule came to be an effective form of political control abetting voluntary cultural assimilation. The author argues that the literary text functioned as a mirror of the ideal Englishman and became a mask of exploitation that camouflaged the material activities of the colonizing British government. |