Terrorism, insurgency, and Indian-English literature, 1830-1947
"This book is an interdisciplinary study of representations of terrorism and political violence in the fiction and journalism of colonial India. Focusing on key historical episodes such as the Calcutta "Black Hole," the anti-thuggee campaigns of the 1830s, the 1857 rebellion, and anti...
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| Format: | eBook |
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New York :
Routledge
2012.
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ;
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009755105306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Terrorism, Insurgency and Indian-English Literature, 1830-1947; Copyright; Contents; A Note on Orthography and Chronology; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Empire and Exception-The 'Black Hole' of Calcutta; 1 The Highlands of Orissa: Ritual Terror and Reform in Colonial India; 2 The Bibighar: Mourning the 1857 Rebellion; 3 The Angel of Cawnpore: Remembering the 1857 Rebellion; 4 The Hostel in Highgate: Revolutionary Nationalism and Colonial Counter-Terrorism; 5 Jallianwala Bagh: Gandhi, Terrorism and Non-Violence; Notes; Bibliography; Index
