Dwelling in the archive
Subtitle: women writing house, home, and history in late colonial India
By: Antoinette Burton.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Majumdar, Janaki Agnes Penelope, 1886-1963; Hosain, Attia, 1913-; Sorabji, Cornelia, d. 1954-; Indic prose literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century; Women -- India -- Biography -- History and criticism; Family -- India -- Historiography; Women -- India -- Historiography; Autobiography -- Women authors; Family in literature; Home in literature
Description: Through an analysis of the writings of three 20th century Indian women, this book explores how the memoirs, fictions, and histories written by women can be read as counter-narratives of colonial modernity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-197) and index.