{"product_id":"in-their-own-words-british-women-writers-and-india-1740-1857-idf425","title":"In Their Own Words: British Women Writers And India 1740-1857","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDF425\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-author\/rosemary%20raza\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Rosemary Raza\"\u003eRosemary Raza\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-publisher\/oxford%20university%20press%20new%20delhi\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Oxford University Press, New Delhi\"\u003eOxford University Press, New Delhi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2006\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0195677080\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e320 (Illus:8)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e8.6\" X 5.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e560 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e IN THEIR OWN WORDS\u003cbr\u003e British Women Writers and India 1740-1857\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Do British memsahibs deserve their reputation as 'spoilers' of the Raj? Is some recent scholarship justified in seeing them as little more than peripheral? Seeking answers to these questions, Rosemary Roza examines the experience and literary work of British women in India up to 1857.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The growth in women's writing in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the contribution made by women writers in popularising material on India and mediating it for a metropolitan audience, provide evidence for a number of themes: the role of women in the growth of an exclusive British domesticity in India; women's occupations-notably missionary endeavour-that brought increasing involvement with India; British women's exploration and engagement with the hidden world of Indian women; the role of British women in race relations; women's changing representation of India for a popular audience in Britain; and their often critical relationship with colonial authority.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Raza examines for the first time the whole body of women's published writing o India up to 1857, including the work of over eighty authors, many of them previously unknown. Her discussion of various aspects of women's roles and lives in India is enlivened with interesting and entertaining illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The broad spectrum of authorship extends our understanding beyond the lives of the memsahibs and challenges some of the generalized assumptions about British women based on the later 'high noon' of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This engaging volume will be of interest to general readers, literary historians, and scholars of women's studies and history, and colonial and imperial history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRosemary Raza\u003c\/b\u003e served in the British Diplomatic Service, and since her marriage has lived in Pakistan for many years. She has also edited and provided the introduction and notes for Marianne Postans's Travel, Tales and Encounters in Sindh and Balochistan (OUP, 2003), and has made a number of contributions to the Oxford New Dictionary of National Biography, mainly on women writers connected with India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003ctable cellspacing=\"15\" width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e viii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eAuthor's Note\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e ix\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e x\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e xi\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Published Word\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Growing Anglo-Indian Family\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 30\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Moulding Society\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 67\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Outward Show\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 88\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Beyond Domesticity: The Challenge of India\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 106\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Crossing Boundaries\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 152\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Depicting India\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 179\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e British Women and Colonial Authority\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 207\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e In Conclusion\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 225\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eAppendix\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 231\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 232\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eBiographical Index\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 255\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 278\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44619326161197,"sku":"IDF425","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/in_their_own_words_british_women_writers_and_india_idf425.jpg?v=1677757691","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/pt\/products\/in-their-own-words-british-women-writers-and-india-1740-1857-idf425","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}