Disciplined Subjects - Schooling in Colonial Bengal

This book examines interactions between Britain and India through the analytical frame of production and circulation of knowledge in the long eighteenth century. Disciplined Subjects is one of the first works to analyse the imperial school curriculum, and the ways in which it shaped and influenced Indian subjectivity.

List of contents

Introduction PART I 1. Historical Insights of Education in Colonial Bengal, 1757-1911 2. Schooling the Mind – In the Metropole and the Colony PART II 3. Content and Context of Textbooks in Britain 4. Content and Context of Textbooks in Bengal PART III 5. Popular Representations of the Educated Bengali Babu. Conclusion. Bibliography.

About the author

Sutapa Dutta teaches at the Department of English at Gargi College, University of Delhi, India. She has completed a two-year fellowship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla, India and has a Ph. D in English Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her research interests and publications are focused on eighteenth and nineteenth-century writings and issues relating to education, gender identity and representation in colonial India.

Summary

This book examines interactions between Britain and India through the analytical frame of production and circulation of knowledge in the long eighteenth century. Disciplined Subjects is one of the first works to analyse the imperial school curriculum, and the ways in which it shaped and influenced Indian subjectivity.

Product details

• Authors: Sutapa Dutta, Sutapa (Gargi College Dutta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2023
• EAN: 9780367692988
• ISBN: 978-0-367-69298-8
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Society & culture: general, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Philosophy & theory of education, Colonialism and imperialism, Philosophy and theory of education, Society and culture: general, Regional Geography, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards