Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India by Viswanathan

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Book Title
Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India
Topic
Indian
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9780231171694
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231171692
ISBN-13
9780231171694
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202439027

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Masks of Conquest : Literary Study and British Rule in India
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Asian / Indic, Asia / India & South Asia, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science, History
Author
Gauri Viswanathan
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.8 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in

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Edition Number
25
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2014-942610
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Brilliantly working out in local detail a conception of literary education as a 'strategy of containment,' Masks of Conquest adds significantly both to the history of English education in relation to literary representation, and to the ongoing critical revaluation of the role of 'Literature' in modern culture., The great merit of Viswanathan's closely argued and admirably researched book is to show that the exigencies of managing an empire played a far more important role than has hitherto been recognized in the emergence of the discipline as a social practice.
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
820.9/954
Table Of Content
Preface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Beginnings of English Literary Study 2. Praeparatio Evangelica 3. "One Power, One Mind" 4. Rewriting English 5. Lessons of History 6. The Failure of English 7. Conclusion: Empire and the Western Canon Notes Select Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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., Describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and its function as an effective form of political control
LC Classification Number
PR9484.3.V5 2015

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