| Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India Twenty-Fifth An Edition Contributor(s): Viswanathan, Gauri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231171692 ISBN-13: 9780231171694 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 420.710 |
| LCCN: 2014942610 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.83 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Ethnic Orientation - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A classic work in postcolonial studies, Masks of Conquest describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future shape. In her new preface, Gauri Viswanathan argues forcefully that the curricular study of English can no longer be understood innocently of or inattentively to the imperial contexts in which the discipline first articulated its mission. |