Images of India in British Fiction: Anglo-India vs. the Metropolis

Authors: Sebastian Horstmann
ISBN: 9783631673669
Binding: Paperback
Year: 2016
Pages: 374
Size: 15 x 21 cm Weight: 480 grams Price: INR 2290.00



Images of India in British Fiction: Anglo-India vs. the Metropolis

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Images of India in British Fiction: Anglo-India vs. the Metropolis
About the Book
This book investigates how India was portrayed in British novels and short stories during the heyday of the British Raj. In the tradition of post-colonial studies such as Edward Said’s Orientalism, it will be considered in how far fiction by Rudyard Kipling and other writers supported the institution of the Raj by establishing and spreading certain ideas about the Indian sub-continent and the Indian people. In addition, Said’s claims concerning the consistency of what he labels Orientalist discourse will be challenged to a certain degree, as British authors who lived in India are more likely to present an image of the country that is at least partly more detailed and nuanced than portrayals of the Indian scene created by writers who never saw the sub-continent.
About the Authors
Regina Egetenmeyer

Regina Egetenmeyer is Professor for Lifelong Learning at the University of Mainz (Juniorprofessor). Her emphases of research are international and comparative adult educational research, informal learning in the workplace, and academic professionalisation in adult and lifelong learning.
Ekkehard Nuissl

Ekkehard Nuissl is Scientific Director of the German Institute for Adult Education – Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE) and University Professor for adult education at the University of Duisburg-Essen. His emphases of research are teaching and learning, international educational policy, evaluation research and institutional research.
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