England re-oriented : how Central and South Asian travelers imagined the West, 1750-1857 /
Garcia, Humberto,1978-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Why Re-Orient?, page 1 -- 1. The British Raj's Mimic Men: historicizing genteel masculinities across empires, page 14 -- 2. A bluestocking romance: contesting British military masculinity in Joseph Emin's letters and memoir, page 38 -- 3. The theater of Imperial Sovereignty: entertaining diplomatic failure in Mirza Sheikh I'tesamuddin's London travels, page 78 -- 4. Loving Strangers in Ireland: Indo-Celtic masculinities in the travels of Dean Mahomet and Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, page 123 -- 5. Heavenly bodies in motion: performing sexual revolution in Mirza Abu Taleb Khan's theatrical metropolis, page 170 -- 6. Dreaming with Fairyland : virtual magic in Yusuf Khan Kambalposh's travels to Victorian London, page 212 -- 7. The Making of a Munshi Patriot: Lutfullah Khan, the Indian Mutiny, and Victorian newsprint, page 254 -- Epilogue : Mirza Abul Hasan Khan, James Morier, and the queering of Hajji Baba, page 294 -- Appendix A : Mirza Abu Talib Khan's "Treatise on ethics", page 316 -- Appendix B : Excerpts from Mirza Abu Talib Khan's Diwan-i Talib, page 322 -- Appendix C : letter by Moonshee Lutfullah, page 329.
Orientalism
Masculinity
Sex role
Travelers' writings
Travel writers
Travel writers
Asians
Asians.
Masculinity.
Orientalism.
Sex role.
Travel.
Travel writers.
Travelers' writings.