About this title: Moving across academic disciplines, geographical boundaries, and literary genres, "Home and Harem" examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth-century imperialist England and colonial India. Inderpal Grewal's study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created linked yet distinct constructs of nation and gender and explores the impact of this encounter on both English and Indian men and women. Reworking colonial discourse studies to include both sides of the colonial divide, this work is also the first to ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Duke University Press
Date Published: 1996-07
ISBN-13:9780822317319ISBN:0822317311
Description: New. New-Exellent clean condition, Hard bound No dust Jacket. *** Publisher: Duke University Press * Publication Date: 1-Jul-96 * Author: Grewal Inderpal. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780822317401ISBN:0822317400
Description: Very Good- Trade paperback, 286 pages; gently used, but all edges are lightly soiled, and approximately 200 pages have pencil underlinings and annotations by an enthuastic and opinionated reader. read more
Description: NEW/Trade pb. How 19th century colonialism effected gender and classs in England and India, a brilliant groundbreaking study. New, unmarked, unused condition, no flaws of any kind, clean and straight. 1996, Duke trade pb, 1st printing, 286 pp read more
Description: Good. 0822317400 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780822317401ISBN:0822317400
Description: New. "A stunning account of the complex interactions between England and India, the women's movements and imperialism in the former and the anti-imperialist (and often anti-feminist) nationalist movements of the latter. "--Mary N. Layoun, University of Wis... read more
Edition: First Edition in Soft Cover
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780822317401ISBN:0822317400
Description: F. Octavo. A fine, bright trade paper edition, as new and unread. x pp. and 286 pages, including bibliography and index. A transnational cultural study of travel between imperialist England and colonial India during the nineteenth century. An unmarked, tight copy, frequently found in reprint. Book is mylar-protected. read more
Description: Good. 0822317311 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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