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Author Prasad, Leela, author.

Title The audacious raconteur : sovereignty and storytelling in colonial India / Leela Prasad.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : "An Acre of Ground" -- The Ruse of Colonial Modernity : Anna Liberata de Souza -- The History of the English Empire as a Fall : P.V. Ramaswami Raju -- The Subjective Scientific Method : M.N. Venkataswami -- The Irony of the "Native Scholar" : S.M. Natesa Sastri -- Conclusion : The Sovereign Self.
Summary "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
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Subject Literature and society -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Literature and society -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Storytelling -- Political aspects -- India.
Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Politics and literature -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Imperialism in literature.
India -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
India -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Imperialism in literature. (OCoLC)fst00968142
Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
Literature and society. (OCoLC)fst01000096
Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960
Storytelling -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01134177
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Prasad, Leela. Audacious raconteur. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501752278 (DLC) 2020005702
ISBN 9781501752292 (epub)
9781501752285 (pdf)
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