Title: Masks of conquest
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.
Subjects: Study and teaching, Politics and literature, Politics and education, English literature, Education and state, History, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, British, india, Indic literature (English), History and criticism, Anglo-Indian literature
Places: India
Time periods: 19th century, British occupation, 1765-1947