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8671728 |
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20190410020019.0 |
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Hard bound |
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101109s2011 deu b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781611490145 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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| Standard number or code |
40019232988 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
954.0258072 |
| Edition number |
22 |
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SA-L |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sapra, Rahul |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56557 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Limits of orientalism |
| Remainder of title |
seventeenth-century representations of India |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Seventeenth-century representations of India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Newark |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
University of Delaware Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
219p. |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-213) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- Undermining the categories "East" and "West" -- The representations of the Mughals in the English travel narratives -- The representations of the Hindus and the Parsis -- Representations of Aurengzeb/Muslims in the latter half of the century -- Conclusion. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"'The limits of Orientalism: seventeenth-century representations of India' challenges the recent postcolonial readings of European, predominantly English, representations of India in the seventeenth century. Following Edward Said's discourse of 'Orientalism,' most postcolonial analyses of the seventeenth-century representations of India argue that the natives are represented as barbaric or exotic 'others,' imagining these representations as products of colonial ideology. Such approaches tend to offer a homogeneous idea of the 'native' and usually equate it with the term 'Indian.' Rahul Sapra, however, argues that instead of representing all natives as barbaric 'others,' the English drew parallels, especially between themselves and the Mughal aristocracy, associating with them as partners in trade and potential allies in war. While the Muslims are, from the outset, largely portrayed as highly civilized and cultured, early European writers tended to be more conflicted with the Hindus, their first highly negative views undergoing a transformation that brings into question any straightforward Orientalist reading of the texts and anticipates the complexity of later representations of the indigenous peoples of the subcontinent"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Sapra's theoretical and methodological approach is influenced by such writers as Aijaz Ahmad and Dennis Porter, who have highlighted powerful alternatives to Said's discourse of 'Orientalism.' Sapra historicizes European representations of the indigenous to draw attention to the contrasting approaches of the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the English in relation to seventeenth-century India, effectively undermining comfortable notions of a homogenous 'West.' Unlike the Portuguese, for whom the idea of a dynasty and the conversion of heathens went hand in hand with the idea of trade, for the Dutch and the English the primary consideration was commercial. In keeping with the commercial approach of the English East India Company, most English travelers, instead of representing the Muslims as barbaric 'others,' highlighted the compatibility between the two cultures and consistently praised the Mughal empire for its religious tolerance"--Publishers's description, p. [4] of cover. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"The book highlights the lacuna in postcolonial readings by providing access to selections of commonly unavailable early modern writings by Thomas Roe, Edward Terry, Henry Lord, Thomas Coryate, Alexander Hamilton, and other records of the East India Company, which makes the book vital for students of theory, European and South Asian history, and Renaissance literatures"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of cover. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Travelers' writings, English |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| General subdivision |
History and criticism. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56558 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English prose literature |
| Chronological subdivision |
Early modern, 1500-1700 |
| General subdivision |
History and criticism. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56559 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
British |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
17th century |
| General subdivision |
Historiography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56560 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Orientalism |
| Geographic subdivision |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56561 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Hindus in literature. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56562 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Muslims in literature. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56563 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
East Indians in literature. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56564 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Orientalism in literature. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56565 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
Description and travel. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
56566 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Print |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies |
5 |
| 948 1# - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
20110616 |
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c |
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sl13 |
| d (OCLC) |
MPS |
