Home and Harem: Nation, Gender, Empire and the Cultures of Travel

by Inderpal Grewal

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Moving across academic disciplines, geographical boundaries, and literary genres, Home and Harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth-century imperialist England and colonial India. Inderpal Grewal's study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created linked yet distinct constructs of nation and gender and explores the impact of this encounter on both English...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0822317311

ISBN13:9780822317319

Release Date:March 1996

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory England Europe Feminist Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Travel Women's Studies Writing

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