ISBN:
0816620601
,
9780816620593
,
0816620598
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 190 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Allegories of Empire : The Figure of Woman in the Colonial Text
DDC:
305.4
Keywords:
Women and literature Colonies
;
English fiction History and criticism
;
Colonies in literature
;
Imperialism in literature
;
Colonies in literature
;
English fiction ; History and criticism
;
Imperialism in literature
;
Women and literature ; Great Britain ; Colonies
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Neocolonial Conditions of Reading; 2. The Rise of Women in an Age of Progress; 3. The Civilizing Mission Disfigured; 4. The Rise of Memsahibs in an Age of Empire: On the Face of the Waters; 5. The Unspeakable Limits of Civility: A Passage to India; 6. The Ruins of Time: The Jewel in the Crown; Appendix; Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
