Masks of Conquest: Literary Studies and British Rule in India

by Gauri Viswanathan

Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Light shelfwear to the jacket; the rear inner flap corner is creased. Label residue on the front flap; abrasion on the FEP nearby. The pages are clean and sound, all text is clear. CM

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Theory, Post Colonial, Education, Criticism, India

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Neer]

Interesting analysis of how the study of English literature was part of the imperialist project for social and political control over the sub-continent. Nobinchunder Dass' essay is an eye-opener as regards how education became a tool for control.

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First Line: This book is about the institution, practice, and ideology of English studies introduced in India under British colonial rule.

[Sudha kumari]

Book offers interesting insights on how moral colonialism is propagated through presumptions of intellectual inferiority and gratification; and these intrigues apply at many levels of human social interactions as well. Nice read.

[Madhubrata]

underwhelming, especially if you get to this after outside the fold

[anushkabx]

“they who listened with rapture to the songs of the bards, overran the provinces of those who were charmed with the fairy tale.” like a gong to the head….genius, articulate, invigorating