Woman and empire: representations in the writings of British India:1858-1900

By: Indrani SenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Hyderabad Orient Longman 2008Description: 204pISBN: 8125033467Subject(s): Woman-IndiaDDC classification: 809.93352 Summary: Drawing upon a wide range and variety of literary and non-literary sources of 19th century British India, 'Woman and Empire' examines perceptions of gender over the 1858-1900 period. The book focuses on representations of white and Indian women, in addition to women of mixed races, in fiction as well as in colonial newspapers and journals. The book presents detailed readings, which are fresh and insightful, of the fiction of Philip Meadows Taylor, Flora Annie Steel and Rudyard Kipling.
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Drawing upon a wide range and variety of literary and non-literary sources of 19th century British India, 'Woman and Empire' examines perceptions of gender over the 1858-1900 period. The book focuses on representations of white and Indian women, in addition to women of mixed races, in fiction as well as in colonial newspapers and journals. The book presents detailed readings, which are fresh and insightful, of the fiction of Philip Meadows Taylor, Flora Annie Steel and Rudyard Kipling.

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