Negotiating the modern: orientalism and indianness in the anglophone world
Auteur :
Ray, Amit
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415978439
Date de publication :
22 janv. 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
530 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Tracing the varying fortunes of Orientalist scholars from the inception of British rule, this study charts the work of key Indologists in the colonial era. The rhetorical constructions of East and West deployed by both colonizer and colonized, as well as attempts to synthesize or transcend such constructions, became crucial to conceptions of the ‘modern’.