The Resource Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue, Yumna Siddiqi
Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue, Yumna Siddiqi
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- Summary
- Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She suggests that while colonial writers use narratives of intrigue to endorse imperial rule, postcolonial writers turn the generic conventions and topography of the fiction of intrigue on its head, launching a critique of imperial power that makes the repressive and emancipatory impulses of postcolonial modernity visible. Siddiqi devotes
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 290 pages)
- Contents
-
- Colonial anxieties and the fiction of intrigue
- Imperial intrigue in an English country house
- Sherlock Holmes and "the cesspool of Empire": the return of the repressed
- The fiction of counterinsurgency
- Intermezzo: postcolonial modernity and the fiction of intrigue
- Police and postcolonial rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The circle of reason
- "Deep in blood": Roy, Rushdie, and the representation of state violence in India
- "The unhistorical dead": violence, history, and narrative in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's ghost
- Conclusion: "power smashes into private lives": cultural politics in the new Empire
- Isbn
- 9780231510868
- Label
- Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue
- Title
- Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue
- Statement of responsibility
- Yumna Siddiqi
- Subject
-
- Anxiety in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Englisch, ..
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- South Asian authors | History and criticism
- Espionage in literature
- Espionage in literature
- Great Britain
- History
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialismus -- Motiv | Roman -- englischer
- Indien
- Intrige -- Motiv | Roman -- englischer
- Intrige -- Motiv | Roman -- englischer | Südasien
- Intrigue in literature
- Intrigue in literature
- Kolonialismus
- Kriminalität
- Kriminalliteratur
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literatur
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postkoloniale Literatur
- Postkolonialismus -- Roman -- englischer | Südasien
- Roman -- englischer -- Motiv | Imperialismus
- Roman -- englischer -- Motiv | Intrige
- Roman -- englischer | Südasien
- Roman -- englischer | Südasien -- Motiv | Intrige
- Roman -- englischer | Südasien -- Postkolonialismus
- 1800-1999
- Spionage
- Anxiety in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She suggests that while colonial writers use narratives of intrigue to endorse imperial rule, postcolonial writers turn the generic conventions and topography of the fiction of intrigue on its head, launching a critique of imperial power that makes the repressive and emancipatory impulses of postcolonial modernity visible. Siddiqi devotes
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Siddiqi, Yumna
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Ondaatje, Michael
- Englisch, ..
- English fiction
- English fiction
- English fiction
- Intrigue in literature
- Espionage in literature
- Literature and society
- Literature and society
- Imperialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Anxiety in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Anxiety in literature
- English fiction
- Espionage in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Intrigue in literature
- Literature and society
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Great Britain
- Kriminalliteratur
- Kolonialismus
- Postkoloniale Literatur
- Spionage
- Kriminalität
- Indien
- Literatur
- Intrige
- Roman
- Postkolonialismus
- Roman
- Roman
- Intrige
- Imperialismus
- Roman
- Roman
- Label
- Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue, Yumna Siddiqi
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-268) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Colonial anxieties and the fiction of intrigue -- Imperial intrigue in an English country house -- Sherlock Holmes and "the cesspool of Empire": the return of the repressed -- The fiction of counterinsurgency -- Intermezzo: postcolonial modernity and the fiction of intrigue -- Police and postcolonial rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The circle of reason -- "Deep in blood": Roy, Rushdie, and the representation of state violence in India -- "The unhistorical dead": violence, history, and narrative in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's ghost -- Conclusion: "power smashes into private lives": cultural politics in the new Empire
- Control code
- ocn649278855
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 290 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231510868
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/sidd13808
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt271www
- 0f4ffad8-5e35-4e58-bc10-ce1e62e5372b
- Publisher number
- EB00639493
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)649278855
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue, Yumna Siddiqi
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-268) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Colonial anxieties and the fiction of intrigue -- Imperial intrigue in an English country house -- Sherlock Holmes and "the cesspool of Empire": the return of the repressed -- The fiction of counterinsurgency -- Intermezzo: postcolonial modernity and the fiction of intrigue -- Police and postcolonial rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The circle of reason -- "Deep in blood": Roy, Rushdie, and the representation of state violence in India -- "The unhistorical dead": violence, history, and narrative in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's ghost -- Conclusion: "power smashes into private lives": cultural politics in the new Empire
- Control code
- ocn649278855
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 290 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231510868
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.7312/sidd13808
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt271www
- 0f4ffad8-5e35-4e58-bc10-ce1e62e5372b
- Publisher number
- EB00639493
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)649278855
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Anxiety in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Englisch, ..
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- South Asian authors | History and criticism
- Espionage in literature
- Espionage in literature
- Great Britain
- History
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialismus -- Motiv | Roman -- englischer
- Indien
- Intrige -- Motiv | Roman -- englischer
- Intrige -- Motiv | Roman -- englischer | Südasien
- Intrigue in literature
- Intrigue in literature
- Kolonialismus
- Kriminalität
- Kriminalliteratur
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literatur
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Postkoloniale Literatur
- Postkolonialismus -- Roman -- englischer | Südasien
- Roman -- englischer -- Motiv | Imperialismus
- Roman -- englischer -- Motiv | Intrige
- Roman -- englischer | Südasien
- Roman -- englischer | Südasien -- Motiv | Intrige
- Roman -- englischer | Südasien -- Postkolonialismus
- 1800-1999
- Spionage
- Anxiety in literature
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