The Story-Time of the British Empire: Colonial and Postcolonial Folkloristics

by Sadhana Naithani

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In The Story-Time of the British Empire, author Sadhana Naithani examines folklore collections compiled by British colonial administrators, military men, missionaries, and women in the British colonies of Africa, Asia, and Australia between 1860 and 1950. Much of this work was accomplished in the context of colonial relations and done by non-folklorists, yet these oral narratives and poetic expressions of non-Europeans were transcribed, translated,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1617038393

ISBN13:9781617038396

Release Date:March 2013

Publisher:University Press of Mississippi

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.54 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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