Reading the animal in the literature of the British Raj
By: Shefail Rajamannar ; foreword by James R. Kincaid
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780230114494
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist; Indic literature (English); Animals in literature; Anglo-Indian literature; History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Imperialism in literature; History
Description: "This book discusses the production and circulation of animal narratives in colonial India in order to investigate the manner in which constructs of animals played into a variety of forms of othering that took place in England during its imperial venture. Shefali Rajamannar reads imperialism through a posthumanist critique, arguing that race, class, gender, age, and species do not exist in isolation but must be read in intimate relation to one another"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.