Disaffected: Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere

(Part of the Corpus Juris: The Humanities in Politics and Law Series)

by Tanya Agathocleous

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Disaffected examines the effects of antisedition law on the overlapping public spheres of India and Britain under empire. After 1857, the British government began censoring the press in India, culminating in 1870 with the passage of Section 124a, a law that used the term "disaffection" to target the emotional tenor of writing deemed threatening to imperial rule. As a result, Tanya Agathocleous shows, Indian journalists...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1501753886

ISBN13:9781501753886

Release Date:April 2021

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:234 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Disaffected: Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere

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