Representations of Indian Muslims in British colonial discourse
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Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230512474 |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2005. |
Carrier Form: | 280 p. |
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9781403992307 9780230512474 : 023051247X : |
CLC: | K01 |
Contents: | Introduction PART I: 'NOT AT HIS BEST IN INDIA' Indian Muslims and India Identification and Disavowal in Colonial Representations The 'Heroic Self-Denial' of 'Christian Rulers' PART II: 1857: RAISING THE GREEN FLAG Introduction The Pre-'Mutiny' Discourse on Indian Muslims A Writer of 'The Known and the Knowable' Fantasy and Civilian Identity Forms of Prophylaxis in Civilian 'Mutiny' Accounts Some Preliminary Conclusions PART III: THE INDO-MUSLIM 'STRANGER' Sorting 'The Inside' from 'The Outside' 'A Wild and Ardent Faith': Testing Oppositions in the Post-'Mutiny' Discourse Conclusion Notes Bibliography. |