Colonial India in Children's Literature
Colonial India in Children's Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children's literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. Engaging with important theoretical and critical literature that deals with colonialism, hegemony, and marginalization in children's literature, Goswami proposes that British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children's literature respond to five key historical events: the missionary debates preceding the Charter Act of 1813, th…
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- Full title :Colonial India in Children's Literature.
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Colonial India in Children's Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children's literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. Engaging with important theoretical and critical literature that deals with colonialism, hegemony, and marginalization in children's literature, Goswami proposes that British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children's literature respond to five key historical events: the missionary debates preceding the Charter Act of 1813, the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the Mutiny of 1857, the birth of Indian nationalism, and the Swadeshi moveme.
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- Publication Date:2012.
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- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Hoboken
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (215 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781136281433, 1136281436, 0415886368, 9780415886369, 1283521199, 9781283521192, 0203112229, 9780203112229
- oclc:ocn806206440
- LC Classification:PR990
- Dewey Decimal:809.89282
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Chapter 1. (En)countering conversion: missionary debates and colonial policy in Mary Sherwood's The history of Little Henry and his bearer -- Chapter 2. Resisting Tipu: taming the tiger and coming of age in Barbara Hofland's The captives in India -- Chapter 3. The post-mutiny Imperial boy hero: bridging cultural divides in Sara Jeanette Duncan's The story of Sonny Sahib -- Chapter 4. 'Macaulay's Minutemen': the mimic men and the subversion of law in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books -- Chapter 5. Trivializing Empire. The topsy-turvy world of Upendrakishore Ray and Sukumar Ray -- Conclusion: the postcolonial legacy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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