Rhetoric and ritual in colonial india: the shaping of a public culture in surat city, 1852-1928
Auteur :
Haynes, Douglas E.
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520067257
Date de publication :
30 oct. 1991
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
771 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the rhetoric and ritual of Indian elites undercolonialism, focusing on the city of Surat in the Bombay Presidency. This book examines how local elites appropriated and modified the liberal representative discourse of Britain and thus fashioned a "public' culture that excluded the city's underclasses.