Hartly House, Calcutta
Contributors: Michael Franklin (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780195685640
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Feminism; Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; ASIA; Literary Criticism / Asian / Indic; Asian - Indic; Historical - General; Literary Criticism; Fiction - Historical
Description: This novel represents a key document in the literary representation of India and the imperial debate, profoundly challenging pre-existent discourses of colonialism ... From the standpoints of both materialist feminist scholarship and postcolonial theory, Hartly House, Calcutta problematizes the intricate relationships between mercantile capitalism, colonial trade, issues of race, religion, and class, national identity, and British constructions of gender within the colony and the metropolis. -- Book jacket.