Chandra explores how English became an Indian language during the colonial period of 1850-1930. Using archival and literary sources, she focuses on elite language education for girls and women.
Chandra explores how English became an Indian language during the colonial period of 1850-1930. Using archival and literary sources, she focuses on elite language education for girls and women.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Note on Transliteration and Spelling ix Part One 1. Learning Gender, Knowing English: An Introduction 3 2. "The Prudent and Cautious Engrafting of English Upon Our Female Population": Pedagogy and Performativity 29 3. "The Language of the Bedroom": Mimicry, Masculinity, and the Sexual Power of English 57 4. "A New Generation of Hipless and Breastless Women . . . To the Forefront in Europe and America": Literature, Social Class, and the Wider World of English 83 Part Two 5. "I Shall Read Pretty English Stories to My Mother and Translate Them into Marathi for Her": Widowhood, Virtue, and the Secularization of Caste 117 6. "Why Had I Ever Begun to Learn English?": Desire, Labor, and the Transregional Orientation of Caste 137 7. Dosebai Jessawalla and the "March of Advancement in the Face of Obloquy" 157 8. Epilogue: "I Am an Indian. I Have No Language": Parvatibai Athavale and the Limits to English 175 Salaams 191 Notes 195 Bibliography 245 Index 267
Note on Transliteration and Spelling ix Part One 1. Learning Gender, Knowing English: An Introduction 3 2. "The Prudent and Cautious Engrafting of English Upon Our Female Population": Pedagogy and Performativity 29 3. "The Language of the Bedroom": Mimicry, Masculinity, and the Sexual Power of English 57 4. "A New Generation of Hipless and Breastless Women . . . To the Forefront in Europe and America": Literature, Social Class, and the Wider World of English 83 Part Two 5. "I Shall Read Pretty English Stories to My Mother and Translate Them into Marathi for Her": Widowhood, Virtue, and the Secularization of Caste 117 6. "Why Had I Ever Begun to Learn English?": Desire, Labor, and the Transregional Orientation of Caste 137 7. Dosebai Jessawalla and the "March of Advancement in the Face of Obloquy" 157 8. Epilogue: "I Am an Indian. I Have No Language": Parvatibai Athavale and the Limits to English 175 Salaams 191 Notes 195 Bibliography 245 Index 267
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