
Sex and Sensibility
Richard Blechynden's Calcutta Diaries, 1791-1822
Peter Robb(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Published on 29. September 2011
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-19-807511-0 (ISBN)
Description
Richard Blechynden was a surveyor, architect, and builder in early colonial Bengal. This volume and its companion (Sentiment and Self) use 80 volumes of his diaries and other archival material along with anecdotes, extracts, and stories to recreate histories of everyday life.
While Sentiment and Self explores issues like interactions between Europeans and Indians, race and tolerance, this volume focuses on the position of women, especially concubines, or bibis and their sexual and emotional relationships; the social milieu of the early empire; dynamics of household; contexts for cross-cultural contact and misunderstanding; the complexities of class, culture, and race; and the overlapping public and private life. It examines the domestic life, personal sensibilities, and private and public persona of the main diarist, Richard Blechynden.
This book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, gender studies, cultural studies, and British Imperialism, as well as those interested in biographies.
While Sentiment and Self explores issues like interactions between Europeans and Indians, race and tolerance, this volume focuses on the position of women, especially concubines, or bibis and their sexual and emotional relationships; the social milieu of the early empire; dynamics of household; contexts for cross-cultural contact and misunderstanding; the complexities of class, culture, and race; and the overlapping public and private life. It examines the domestic life, personal sensibilities, and private and public persona of the main diarist, Richard Blechynden.
This book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, gender studies, cultural studies, and British Imperialism, as well as those interested in biographies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 147 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-807511-0 (9780198075110)
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Person
Peter Robb is former Pro-Director, Head of the Department of History, and Chair of the Centre of South Asian Studies.
Content
PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; BLECHYNDEN FAMILY TREE; GLOSSARY; APPENDIX 5.1. A NARRATIVE FROM DIARY ENTRIES RELATING TO MARY WALKER; NOTES; INDEX