Supriya Goswami

Colonial India in Children's Literature (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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 movement resulting from the Partition of Bengal in 1905. Through a study of works by Mary Sherwood (1775-1851), Barbara Hofland (1770-1844), Sara Jeanette Duncan (1861-1922), Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Upendrakishore Ray (1863-1915), and Sukumar Ray (1887-1923), Goswami examines how children's literature negotiates and represents these momentous historical forces that unsettled Britain's imperial ambitions in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136281433
• Artikelnr.: 38264092

Autorenporträt

Supriya Goswami is Adjunct Professor of English at George Washington University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Children's Literature and Colonial India 1. (En)countering
Conversion: Missionary Debates and Colonial Policy in Mary Sherwood's The
History ofLittle Henry and his Bearer 2. Resisting Tipu: Taming the Tiger
and Coming of Age in Barbara Hofland's The Captives in India 3. The
Post-Mutiny Imperial Boy Hero: Bridging Cultural Divides in Sara Jeanette
Duncan's The Story of Sonny Sahib 4. 'Macaulay's minutemen': The Mimic Men
and the Subversion of Law in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books 5.
Trivializing Empire: The Topsy-Turvy World of Upendrakishore Ray and
Sukumar Ray 6. Conclusion: The Postcolonial Legacy