Masks of Conquest
Subtitle: Literary Study and British Rule in India
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: Dec 16, 2014
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780231171694
Description: A classic work in postcolonial studies, Masks of Conquest describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future shape will be. In her new preface, Gauri Viswanathan argues forcefully that the curricular study of English can no longer be understood innocently of or inattentively to the imperial contexts in which the discipline first articulated its mission.
Notes: Source title: Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India