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Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788125045526
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Memsahibs' Writings written by Indrani Sen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Memsahib's Writings written by Indrani Sen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The white women of colonial India wrote extensively during their years of residence in India. This anthology brings together a fascinating collection of such European women's narratives. Mapped along the historical shifts that took place over the hundred-year period, the book captures the many facets and nuances of gender relations across racial divide. Imaginatively organised around key sites of contact, the narratives are arranged in fourteen thematic clusters. This book will appeal to readers interested in gender and colonialism and the writings of the Raj.
Author : Ipshita Nath
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1787388786
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Memsahibs written by Ipshita Nath and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For young Englishwomen stepping off the steamer, the sights and sounds of humid colonial India were like nothing they’d ever experienced. For many, this was the ultimate destination to find a perfect civil servant husband. For still more, however, India offered a chance to fling off the shackles of Victorian social mores. The word ‘memsahib’ conjures up visions of silly aristocrats, well-staffed bungalows and languorous days at the club. Yet these women had sought out the uncertainties of life in Britain’s largest, busiest colony. Memsahibs introduces readers to the likes of Flora Annie Steel, Fanny Parks and Emily Eden, accompanying their husbands on expeditions, travelling solo across dangerous terrain, engaging with political questions, and recording their experiences. Yet the Raj was not all adventure. There was disease, and great risk to young women travelling alone; for colonial wives in far-flung outposts, there was little access to ‘society’. Cut off from modernity and the Western world, many women suffered terrible trauma and depression. From the hill-stations to the capital, this is a sweeping, vividly written anthology of colonial women’s lives across British India. Their honesty and bravery, in their actions and their writings, shine fresh light on this historical world.
Author : Susmita Mittapalli
Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1621967956
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)
Download or read book The Male Empire Under the Female Gaze written by Susmita Mittapalli and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Indira Ghose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Memsahibs Abroad written by Indira Ghose and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting anthology provides the best of travel writing by the memsahibs of the Raj who were anxious to see `the real India'. The book salvages long-forgotten writings by Englishwomen travelling in India. These historically valuable writings are perceptive and amusing, and have long been out of print. It also contains biographical notes on the travellers.
Author : Shampa Roy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100017123X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book True Crime Writings in Colonial India written by Shampa Roy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergent culture of crime writings in late 19th century colonial Bengal (India) is an interesting testimony to how literature is shaped by various material forces including the market. This book deals with true crime writings of the late 1800s published by ‘lowbrow publishing houses’ — infamous for publishing ‘sensational’ and the ‘vulgar’ literature — which had an avid bhadralok (genteel) readership. The volume focuses on select translations of true crime writings by Bakaullah and Priyanath Mukhopadhyay who worked as darogas (Detective Inspectors) in the police department in mid-late nineteenth century colonised Bengal. These published accounts of cases investigated by them are among the very first manifestations of the crime genre in India. The writings reflect their understandings of criminality and guilt, as well as negotiations with colonial law and policing. Further, through a selection of cases in which women make an appearance either as victims or offenders, (or sometimes as both,) this book sheds light on the hidden gendered experiences of the time, often missing in mainstream Bangla literature. Combining a love for suspense with critical readings of a cultural phenomenon, this book will be of much interest to scholars and researchers of comparative literature, translation studies, gender studies, literary theory, cultural studies, modern history, and lovers of crime fiction from all disciplines.
Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125021117
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Woman and Empire written by Indrani Sen and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing Upon A Wide Range And Variety Of Literary And Non-Literary Sources Of Nineteenth Century British India, Woman And Empire Examines Perceptions Of Gender Over The 1858 1900 Period. The Book Focuses On Representations Of White And Indian Women, In Addition To Women Of Mixed Races, In Fiction As Well As In Colonial Newspapers And Journals.
Author : Suchita Malik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Indian Memsahib written by Suchita Malik and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Memsahib: The untold story of a bureaucrat's wife is an unconventional look into the world of Indian bureaucracy and its fascinating order. The book is a subtle attempt at showing how bureaucracy works in certain ways and brings out the conflict between popularity and credibility. Indian Memsahib traces Sunaina's journey from being an ambitious girl who wants to live life on her own terms to an 'outsider' bahu in a traditional family setup fighting her lone battle to the trials and tribulations of becoming the wife of Raghu, an upright and honest IAS officer.
Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : New York : D. Appleton and Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib written by Sara Jeannette Duncan and published by New York : D. Appleton and Company. This book was released on 1893 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib written by Sara Jeannette Duncan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an absorbing work by a Canadian author and journalist, Sara Jeannette Duncan. This work sheds light on Indian social life and customs of the 19th century. Her close observations, description of manners, and wry humor make this a fascinating read, transforming the readers to a different time and place.
Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670082414
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Sahibs who Loved India written by Khushwant Singh and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: &Lsquo;Thus We Both Were Tied To India With Every Possible Bond Of Memory And Affection, Which Clearly Played An Important Part In Our Lives&Hellip;As The Last Viceroy And Indeed&Nbsp;When I Stayed On As The First Governor-General Of The Independent Country Of India.&Rsquo; &Mdash;Lord Mountbatten A Rare Collection Of Essays That Invites The Reader To Revisit A Vanished Era Of Sahibs And Memsahibs. From Lord Mountbatten To Peggy Holroyde To Maurice And Taya Zinkin, Britishers Who Lived And Worked In India Reminisce About Topics And Points Of Interest As Varied As The Indian Civil Service And The Roshanara Club,&Nbsp;Shikar And Hazri, The Amateur Cine Society Of India And The Doon School, Rudyard Kipling And Mahatma Gandhi. &Nbsp; Selected From A Series Of Articles Commissioned By Khushwant Singh When He Was The Editor Of The Illustrated Weekly Of India These Delightfully Individualistic And Refreshingly Candid Writings Reveal A Fascinating Array Of British Attitudes, Experiences, Observations, Fond Memories, The Occasional Short-Lived Grouses And, Above All, A Deep And Abiding Affection And Respect For India.
Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher : Studies in Imperialism
ISBN 13 : 9781526143488
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)
Download or read book Gendered Transactions written by Indrani Sen and published by Studies in Imperialism. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book seeks to capture the complex experience of the white woman in colonial India through an exploration of gendered interactions over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines missionary and memsahibs' colonial writings, both literary and non-literary, probing their construction of Indian women of different classes and regions, such as zenana women, peasants, ayahs and wet-nurses. Also examined are delineations of European female health issues in male authored colonial medical handbooks, which underline the misogyny undergirding this discourse. Giving voice to the Indian woman, this book also scrutinises the fiction of the first generation of western-educated Indian women who wrote in English, exploring their construction of white women and their negotiations with colonial modernities. This fascinating book will be of interest to the general reader and to experts and students of gender studies, colonial history, literary and cultural studies as well as the social history of health and medicine."--
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351184552
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book White Mughals written by William Dalrymple and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-01-22 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Achilles Kirkpatrick landed on the shores of eighteenth-century India as an ambitious soldier of the East India Company. Although eager to make his name in the subjection of a nation, it was he who was conquered—not by an army but by a Muslim Indian princess. Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Khair un-Nissa—'Most Excellent among Women'—the great-niece of the Nizam's Prime Minister. He fell in love with Khair, and overcame many obstacles to marry her—not least of which was the fact that she was locked away in purdah and engaged to a local nobleman. Eventually, while remaining Resident, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam, and according to Indian sources even became a double-agent working for the Hyderabadis against the East India Company. Possessing all the sweep of a great nineteenth-century novel, White Mughals is a remarkable tale of harem politics, secret assignations, court intrigue, religious disputes and espionage.
Author : Floris Meens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429017901
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Gender, Companionship, and Travel written by Floris Meens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last couple of decades there has been a strong academic interest in how individuals interact with each other while en route. Yet, even if various studies have informed us about present-day realities of travel companionships, we know little about the influence of gender both on these realities, as well as on the discourse in which these are being narrated. This book aims to establish an agenda for the study of companionship in travel writing by offering a collection of new essays which study texts that belong to the broad category of pre-modern and modern travel literature. Chapters explore the differences and similarities in the ways that women and men in the past chose to describe their experiences with, and/or their ideas about companionship, and specifically reveals the influence of gender norms, conventions, restrictions, and stereotypes. This is the first book which looks at the long-term, interdisciplinary, and genuinely international history of gendered discourses on companionship in travel writing. It will be of interest to scholars and students from a wide variety of disciplines, including cultural and social history, as well as cultural, literary, gender, travel, and tourism studies.
Author : Indrani Sen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526106019
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Gendered transactions written by Indrani Sen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to capture the complex experience of the white woman in colonial India through an exploration of gendered interactions over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It examines missionary and memsahibs' colonial writings, both literary and non-literary, probing their construction of Indian women of different classes and regions, such as zenana women, peasants, ayahs and wet-nurses. Also examined are delineations of European female health issues in male authored colonial medical handbooks, which underline the misogyny undergirding this discourse. Giving voice to the Indian woman, this book also scrutinises the fiction of the first generation of western-educated Indian women who wrote in English, exploring their construction of white women and their negotiations with colonial modernities. This fascinating book will be of interest to the general reader and to experts and students of gender studies, colonial history, literary and cultural studies as well as the social history of health and medicine.
Author : Maroona Murmu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199098212
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Words of Her Own written by Maroona Murmu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words of Her Own situates the experiences and articulations of emergent women writers in nineteenth-century Bengal through an exploration of works authored by them. Based on a spectrum of genres—such as autobiographies, novels, and travelogues—this book examines the sociocultural incentives that enabled the dawn of middle-class Hindu and Brahmo women authors at that time. Murmu explores the intersections of class, caste, gender, language, and religion in these works. Reading these texts within a specific milieu, Murmu sets out to rectify the essentialist conception of women’s writings being a monolithic body of works that displays a firmly gendered form and content, by offering rich insights into the complex world of subjectivities of women in colonial Bengal. In attempting to do so, this book opens up the possibility of reconfiguring mainstream history by questioning the scholarly conceptualization of patriarchy being omnipotent enough to shape the intricacies of gender relations, resulting in the flattening of self-fashioning by women writers. The book contends that there were women authors who flouted the norms of literary aesthetics and tastes set by male literati, thereby creating a literary tradition of their own in Bangla and becoming agents of history at the turn of the century.
Author : Pat Barr
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571279104
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)
Download or read book The Memsahibs written by Pat Barr and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of British women lived in India during Victorian times. They first went out as wives, mothers, sisters; others followed as teachers, doctors, missionaries. What they did and how they responded to their strange environment were seldom thought worthy of record, and writers have handed down to us a fictional image of the typical 'memsahib' as a frivolous, snobbish and selfish creature flitting from bridge to tennis parties 'in the hills'. For the most part, these clichés bear little resemblance to the truth; many women loyally and stoically accepted their share of the responsibility with endurance, courage and resilience. This story is developed around a number of women who wrote in an entertaining and intelligent fashion about their Indian experiences, starting with the arrival on the scene of one of the wittiest and cleverest of them all - Emily Eden, sister of Lord Auckland who was Governor-General from 1836 to 1842. It ends with Maud Diver, who maintained that the random assertion made by Kipling about the 'lower tone of social morality' in India was unjust and untrue. The dramatis personae of the book include Vicereines, wives of Civil Servants and missionaries struggling to break down the subservience of women throughout the vast sub-continent. Through women's eyes we witness the principal historic events at the time - the Afghan conflicts, the Mutiny - as well as the daily routines in very different cantonments and some of the British personalities who made their mark on nineteenth-century India - Honoria Lawrence, Flora Steel, Lady Sale. In this vivid account, Pat Barr evokes the sights and smells of Victorian India, its teeming masses, its problems so impossible, it seemed, for Englishwomen to solve.
