This book examines the location and representation of the colonial clerk or the kerani within the cultural and social space of nineteenth century colonial India. It provides a comparative history of the clerk in Calcutta vis-à-vis the clerk in contemporary London in order to understand the manifestations of modernity in the two spaces.
This book examines the location and representation of the colonial clerk or the kerani within the cultural and social space of nineteenth century colonial India. It provides a comparative history of the clerk in Calcutta vis-à-vis the clerk in contemporary London in order to understand the manifestations of modernity in the two spaces.
Sumit Chakrabarti is Professor of English at Presidency University, Kolkata, India.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments. Introduction: Tracing a Genealogy 1. The Social and Cultural Location of the Kerani within the Empire 2. The Clerk in British India: A Short Survey of the Life of the Calcutta Kerani 3. The Life and Times of the London Clerk: Necessary Perspectives 4. The Sahib Writer in Calcutta: A Different Discourse 5. From Manuals to Manifestos: Discipline and Agency 6. Writing Clerks, Clerks Writing: Representations in Literature 7. The Significant Omission: The Woman Clerk. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
Acknowledgments. Introduction: Tracing a Genealogy 1. The Social and Cultural Location of the Kerani within the Empire 2. The Clerk in British India: A Short Survey of the Life of the Calcutta Kerani 3. The Life and Times of the London Clerk: Necessary Perspectives 4. The Sahib Writer in Calcutta: A Different Discourse 5. From Manuals to Manifestos: Discipline and Agency 6. Writing Clerks, Clerks Writing: Representations in Literature 7. The Significant Omission: The Woman Clerk. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
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