
India in the French Imagination
Peripheral Voices, 1754-1815
Kate Marsh(Author)
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2009
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-85196-994-4 (ISBN)
Description
Examines metropolitan French-language representations of India from the period between the recall of Dupleix to France to the Second Treaty of Paris. This book explores what a European power, territorially peripheral in India, thought of both India and the administrative rule there of its rival, Britain.
Reviews / Votes
'Utilizing postcolonial theory to understand the importance of India to France, intellectually and politically, is something that Marsh does particularly well, and her focus on the intersections between history and fiction will appeal to historians and other social scientists typically unconvinced by the importance of the imagination to historical subjects.' H-Net 'Marsh offers a straightforward, well-constructed narrative that makes two important contributions to the study of empire in general and French imperialism in particular - the first on French India itself, the second on intellectual colonialism in general.' Canadian Journal of HistoryMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
502 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85196-994-4 (9781851969944)
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Person
Kate Marsh
Content
Introduction; Chapter 1 The French Presence in India Between 1754 and 1815: from the 'Beaux Jours Du Gouvernement De Dupleix' to Annihilation?; Chapter 2 Constructing India as Other : Fiction, Travelogues and Ambassadors; Chapter 3 Emasculating India: The Indienne, Feminization and Female Writers; Chapter 4 Mythical India; Chapter 5 Historical India: Narratives of the Past; Chapter 6 The Philosophes, 'Anticolonialism' and the Rule of the British East India Company; Chapter 7 Conclusion;