"This book focuses on one of the formative moments in the theoretical representation of empire. By looking at a variety of British narratives about India, from the later eighteenth century to the end of the 1860s, it shows how the discourse of crime was a major tool employed by the British to u...

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1. Verfasser:	Mukherjee, Upamanyu Pablo 1972- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 2003
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1800-1900 Colonies dans la littérature Engels Koloniën Misdaadromans Misdaadverhalen Roman anglais - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique Roman policier anglais - Histoire et critique Englisch Colonies in literature Crime in literature Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism Imperialism in literature Indien India > Foreign public opinion, British India > In literature
Zusammenfassung:	"This book focuses on one of the formative moments in the theoretical representation of empire. By looking at a variety of British narratives about India, from the later eighteenth century to the end of the 1860s, it shows how the discourse of crime was a major tool employed by the British to understand, imagine, and rule the vast country." "To see how this strategy contributed to both British understanding of the colonized 'others' and a particular image of 'self', we must study the formation of this discourse not only in the colonial context but within Britain itself. Nineteenth-century British society placed a huge emphasis on issues of crime, punishment, order, and policing. These issues became fundamental to British claims to being a civilized nation; naturally, they became an important part of British colonial/imperial strategy. But since at home these issues were sites of contest and not consent - of debate and opposition rather than unquestioned hegemonic power - they were inherently risky tools to use in building an ideology of empire."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	XII, 205 S.
ISBN:	0199261059