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Allegories of empire : the figure of woman in the colonial text /

Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sharpe, Jenny
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1993.
Subjects:	Colonies in literature. English fiction > History and criticism. Imperialism in literature. Women and literature > Great Britain > Colonies.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	0816684286 9780816684281 9780816620609 0816620601
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Neocolonial Conditions of Reading; 2. The Rise of Women in an Age of Progress; 3. The Civilizing Mission Disfigured; 4. The Rise of Memsahibs in an Age of Empire: On the Face of the Waters; 5. The Unspeakable Limits of Civility: A Passage to India; 6. The Ruins of Time: The Jewel in the Crown; Appendix; Notes; Index.