Savagery and Colonialism in the Indian Ocean Power, Pleasure and the Andaman Islanders |
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| Author:
| Sen, Satadru |
| Series title: | Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-49782-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $185.00 |
Book Description:
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This book examines savagery and the savage as dynamic components of colonialism in South Asia. Focusing on the colonial discourses of race, criminality, civilization, and savagery, it illuminates and historicizes the processes by which the discourse of savagery in the Andamans, British India, Britain and in the wider empire was manifested.
This book examines savagery and the savage as dynamic components of colonialism in South Asia. Focusing on the colonial discourses of race, criminality, civilization, and savagery, it illuminates and historicizes the processes by which the discourse of savagery in the Andamans, British India, Britain and in the wider empire was manifested.