Story-time of the british empire, the: colonial and postcolonial folkloristics
Auteur :
Naithani, Sadhana
Éditeur :
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN :
9781617038396
Date de publication :
30 mars 2013
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 0,9 cm
Poids :
264 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines folklore collections compiled by British colonial administrators, military men, missionaries, and women in the British colonies of Africa, Asia, and Australia between 1860 and 1950. Sadhana Naithani analyses the role of folklore scholarship in the construction of colonial cultural politics as well as in the conception of international folklore studies.