Tropics and the Traveling Gaze (e-bog) af Arnold, David John
Arnold, David John (forfatter)

Tropics and the Traveling Gaze e-bog

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The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. It draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European (especially British) responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Through it...
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Forfattere Arnold, David John (forfatter)
Udgivet 21 juli 2015
Længde 312 sider
Genrer Ethnic studies
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780295800943
The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze considers the European representation and understanding of landscape and nature in early nineteenth-century India. It draws on travel narratives, literary texts, and scientific literature to show the diversity of European (especially British) responses to the Indian environment and the ways in which these contributed to the wider colonizing process. Through its close examination of the correlation between tropicality and otherness, and of science as a means of colonial appropriation, the book offers a new interpretation of the history of colonial India and a critical contribution to the understanding of environmental history and the tropical world. It will be of interest to historians of the environment, science, and colonialism; South Asianists; and cultural and environmental anthropologists and geographers.