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Author Prasad, Leela, author.

Title The audacious raconteur : sovereignty and storytelling in colonial India / Leela Prasad.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : "An Acre of Ground" -- The Ruse of Colonial Modernity : Anna Liberata de Souza -- The History of the English Empire as a Fall : P.V. Ramaswami Raju -- The Subjective Scientific Method : M.N. Venkataswami -- The Irony of the "Native Scholar" : S.M. Natesa Sastri -- Conclusion : The Sovereign Self.
Summary "The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through their rambunctious storytelling and put empire in its place"-- Provided by publisher
Note Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Subject Literature and society -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Literature and society -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Storytelling -- Political aspects -- India.
Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Imperialism in literature.
India -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
India -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Littérature et société -- Inde -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Littérature et société -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Art de conter -- Aspect politique -- Inde.
Politique et littérature -- Inde -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Politique et littérature -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling
Imperialism in literature
Intellectual life
Literature and society
Politics and literature
Storytelling -- Political aspects
India
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Indexed Term Imperialism, colonial modernity, Storytelling/Narrative, Oral history, Native scholar.
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Prasad, Leela. Audacious raconteur. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501752278 (DLC) 2020005702
ISBN 9781501752292 (epub)
1501752294
9781501752285 (pdf)
1501752286
9781501752278 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000066732787

 
    
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