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The sexual life of English, caste and desire in modern India, Shefali Chandra

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The sexual life of English, caste and desire in modern India, Shefali Chandra

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sexual life of English

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Shefali Chandra

Series statement

Next wave : new directions in women's studies

Sub title

caste and desire in modern India

Table Of Contents

Learning gender, knowing English : an introduction -- "The prudent and cautious engrafting of English upon our female population" : pedagogy and performativity -- The language of the bedroom : mimicry, masculinity and the sexual power of English -- "A new generation of hipless and breastless women is coming to the forefront in Europe and America" : literature, social class and the wider world of English -- "I shall read pretty English stories to my mother and translate them into Marathi for her..." : widowhood, virtue and the secularization of caste -- "I began to wonder why I had ever begun to learn English" : desire, labor and the trans-regional orientation of caste -- The first Indian woman to taste "the sweets of an English education" : Dosebai Jessawalla and the "march of advancement in the face of obloquy" -- Epilogue : "I am an Indian. I have no language" : Parvatibai Athavale and the limits to English

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