Colonial Voices

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This accessible cultural history explores 400 years of Britishimperial adventure in India, developing a coherent narrativethrough a wide range of colonial documents, from exhibitioncatalogues to memoirs and travelogues. It shows how these textshelped legitimize the moral ambiguities of colonial rule even asthey helped the English fashion themselves. * An engaging examination of European colonizers'representations of native populations * Analyzes colonial discourse through an impressive range ofprimary sources, including memoirs, letters, exhibition catalogues,administrative reports, and travelogues * Surveys 400 years of India's history, from the 16thcentury to the end of the British Empire * Demonstrates how colonial discourses naturalized the racial andcultural differences between the English and the Indians, andcontrolled anxieties over these differences

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Pramod K. Nayar

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Asian & Australasian History Colonialism & Imperialism Geschichte Geschichte / Asien u. Australasien History Kolonialismus u. Imperialismus Literatur Literature Literaturwissenschaft Political Science Politikwissenschaft Postcolonial Theory Theorie der Postkolonialzeit

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"Nayar makes the field of 'colonial discourse studies' irresistibleto anyone seeking to explore the complex relationship betweentextual production, (South) Asian Orientalism, and the politics ofempire building." - Walter S. H. Lim, National University of Singapore "Drawing on an enormous range of writing, Dr. Nayar provides alucid and nuanced analysis of British representations of India as acontinent to be discovered, controlled, 'civilized',and incorporated. This important book by one of India'sleading scholars gives students and scholars a significantly newunderstanding of the complex nature and history of colonialdiscourse regarding India." - C.L.Innes, University of Kent "A theoretical and historical perspective on colonialdiscourse...an impressive demonstration of the nature and powerof discourse using an array of texts from the archive of BritishIndia." - Nandana Dutta, Gauahati University
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