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The audacious raconteur : sovereignty and storytelling in colonial India
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"The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through thei...
"The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through their rambunctious storytelling and put empire in its place"--
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- Creator
- Leela Prasad
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- ix, 206 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1501752278, 9781501752292, 9781501752278, 1501752294, 9781501752285, 1501752286
- OCLC
- on1224278083, on1138548546, on1141038618
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : "An Acre of Ground" -- The Ruse of Colonial Modernity : Anna Liberata de Souza -- The History of the English Empire as a Fall : P.V. Ramaswami Raju -- The Subjective Scientific Method : M.N. Venkataswami -- The Irony of the "Native Scholar" : S.M. Natesa Sastri -- Conclusion : The Sovereign Self
Subjects
- Literature and society -- India -- History -- 19th century.
- Literature and society -- India -- History -- 20th century.
- Storytelling -- Political aspects -- India.
- Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 19th century.
- Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century.
- Imperialism in literature.
- India -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- India -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.