Masks of Conquest
Literary Study and British Rule in India
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Gauri Viswanathan | ISBN: | 9780231539579 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press | Publication: | December 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Columbia University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gauri Viswanathan |
| ISBN: | 9780231539579 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Publication: | December 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Columbia University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
