Inhuman Empire - Wildlife, Colonialism, Culture

This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960.

List of contents

1. The Hunted, their Witnesses and the Hunters' Narratives 2. The Majestic Elephant Meets the Government of Her Majesty 3. The Multispecies World of the Indian Householder 4. The Tiger Obsession 5. The Tiger Grips the Narrator 6. The Narrative Warfare 7. To New Narratives

About the author

Sadhana Naithani is a professor of literature and folklore at the Centre of German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interest is in seeing cultural transformations through narratives. Two of her books are In Quest of Indian Folktales (2006) and The Story Time of the British Empire (2010).

Summary

This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960.

Product details

• Authors: Sadhana Naithani, Naithani Sadhana
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032700496
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270049-6
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Empire and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-2000
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, British Empire, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, India, c 1800 to c 1900, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Animals & society, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Literary studies: general, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Animals and society, Animal Studies;India;Colonialism