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The Oppressive Present: Literature and Social Consciousness in Colonial India
Hardcover
Botany & HorticultureGeneral SociologyIndian & South Asian History
ISBN13: 9780415717311
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Oct 17 2013
Pages: 238
Weight: 1.45
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
This book attempts to understand the dominant structure of social consciousness in modern India through a comprehensive analysis of literary and social texts generated in late-nineteenth century. It examines responses to Western ideals that influenced concepts of the individual, the family, the position of women, religious/caste differences and social hierarchy in the colonial period.
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