The Audacious Raconteur Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India

• Tác giả: Leela Prasad
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1501752285
• ISBN-13: 978-1501752292
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 809.8954 Literature for and by specific kinds of persons
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (1 online resource)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 197847
• Chủ đề: 1. Imperialism in literature; 2. Literature and society--History--19th century--India; 3. Literature and society--History--20th century--India; 4. Politics and literature--History--19th century--India; 5. Politics and literature--History--20th century--India; 6. Storytelling--Political aspects--India

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

"The Audacious Raconteur tells the story of how between 1868 and 1930, four unknown Indian raconteurs, who were political subjects of a colonial regime, audaciously claimed sovereignty through their rambunctious storytelling and put empire in its place"-- Provided by publisher.