{"product_id":"9781444338560","title":"Colonial Voices The Discourses of Empire","description":"\u003ch1\u003eColonial Voices\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Discourses of Empire\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePramod K. Nayar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis accessible cultural history explores 400 years of British imperial adventure in India, developing a coherent narrative through a wide range of colonial documents, from exhibition catalogues to memoirs and travelogues. It shows how these texts helped legitimize the moral ambiguities of colonial rule even as they helped the English fashion themselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn engaging examination of European colonizers’ representations of native populations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes colonial discourse through an impressive range of primary sources, including memoirs, letters, exhibition catalogues, administrative reports, and travelogues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys 400 years of India’s history, from the 16th century to the end of the British Empire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how colonial discourses naturalized the racial and cultural differences between the English and the Indians, and controlled anxieties over these differences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePramod K. Nayar\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of the English Faculty at the University of Hyderabad, India. He has been Smuts Visiting Fellow in Commonwealth Studies at the University of Cambridge, the Charles Wallace India Trust–British Council Fellow at the University of Kent at Canterbury and Fulbright Senior Fellow at Cornell University. His many publications include \u003ci\u003eStates of Sentiment: Exploring the Cultures of Emotion\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003ePostcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eEnglish Writing and India, 1600–1920: Colonizing Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003eWriting Wrongs: The Cultural Construction of Human Rights in India\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). Forthcoming is a book on new media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 May 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444338560\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.14\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315577614476,"sku":"9781444338560","price":116.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444338560.jpg?v=1780115690","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781444338560","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}