Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-137-60482-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This study questions current views that Muslims represented a secure point of reference for the British understanding of colonial Indian society. Through revisionary readings of a wide range of texts, it re-examines the basis of the British misperception of Muslim 'conspiracy' during the 'Mutiny'. Arguing that this belief stemmed from conflicts inherent to the secular ideology of the colonial state, it shows how in the ensuing years it produced representations ridden with paradox and requiring a form of descriptive segregation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Padamsee, A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: 'NOT AT HIS BEST IN INDIA' Indian Muslims and India Identification and Disavowal in Colonial Representations The 'Heroic Self-Denial' of 'Christian Rulers' PART II: 1857: RAISING THE GREEN FLAG Introduction The Pre-'Mutiny' Discourse on Indian Muslims A Writer of 'The Known and the Knowable' Fantasy and Civilian Identity Forms of Prophylaxis in Civilian 'Mutiny' Accounts Some Preliminary Conclusions PART III: THE INDO-MUSLIM 'STRANGER' Sorting 'The Inside' from 'The Outside' 'A Wild and Ardent Faith': Testing Oppositions in the Post-'Mutiny' Discourse Conclusion Notes Bibliography