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082 0 4 |a 820.9/3585403  |2 23 
097 |3 Bib#:  |a 1793396 
100 1 |a Nayar, Pramod K. 
245 1 0 |a Colonial voices  |h [electronic resource] :  |b the discourses of empire /  |c Pramod K. Nayar. 
260 |a Hoboken :  |b John Wiley & Sons,  |c 2012. 
300 |a 1 online resource (viii, 264 p.) 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-259) and index. 
505 0 |a Introducing: colonial discourse -- Travel, exploration and discovery: from imagination to inquiry -- The discourse of difference: constructing the colonial exotic -- Empire management: from domestication to spectacle -- Civilizing the empire: colonialism and the ideology of moral-material progress -- Aesthetic understanding: from colonial English to imperial cosmopolitans. 
520 0 |a This accessible cultural history explores 400 years of British imperial adventure in India, developing a coherent narrative through a wide range of colonial documents, from exhibition catalogues to memoirs and travelogues. It shows how these texts helped legitimize the moral ambiguities of colonial rule even as they helped the English fashion themselves. An engaging examination of European colonizers’ representations of native populations Analyzes colonial discourse through an impressive range of primary sources, including memoirs, letters, exhibition catalogues, administrative reports, and travelogues Surveys 400 years of India’s history, from the 16th century to the end of the British Empire Demonstrates how colonial discourses naturalized the racial and cultural differences between the English and the Indians, and controlled anxieties over these differences 
650 0 |a English literature  |x History and criticism. 
651 0 |a Great Britain  |x Colonies  |x In literature. 
651 0 |a India  |x In literature. 
650 0 |a Imperialism in literature. 
650 0 |a Colonies in literature. 
650 0 |a National characteristics, English, in literature. 
650 0 |a Exoticism in literature. 
650 0 |a Other (Philosophy) in literature. 
650 0 |a Discourse analysis, Narrative. 
651 0 |a Great Britain  |x Colonies  |z India  |x History. 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Nayar, Pramod K.  |t Colonial Voices : The Discourses of Empire  |d Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, c2012  |z 9781444338560 
856 4 0 |u http://www.canterbury.eblib.com.au/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=821977  |y Connect to electronic resource  |t 0 
942 |a 19092012 
945 |b DO NOT SET  |c Manual 
991 |a 2012-09-17 
992 |a Created by fiwi, 17/09/2012. Updated by mayo, 19/09/2012. 
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