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INTERIORS OF EMPIRE
OBJECTS, SPACE AND IDENTITY WITHIN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, C. 1800-1947 |
| By: |
Robin Jones, Alan Rutter |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719069424 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719069420 |
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| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2007 |
| Series: |
Studies in Design and Material Culture |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
This book examines the cultural impact of colonialism on both colonizer and colonized via analysis of the domestic interiors and public spaces of empire within the Indian Subcontinent, contrasting representations of such spaces within contemporary discourse with analysis of the evidence of actual interiors and the social practices there engendered. -- . |
| Synopsis: |
Interiors of Empire uses the methods of design history and material culture studies to analyse the domestic and public interiors of the British and local middle class during the heyday of the British Raj. It contrasts representations of that space within contemporary discourse with analysis of historical evidence, the varying uses of such space, and relevant social practices. Through detailed discussion of these texts, spaces, objects and practices, this study locates the domestic interiors and public spaces of empire in the history of the British colonisation of India. The book discusses the imagined barrier of the domestic against the local environment, the intrusions of the local and the effects of this on the British in India, and assesses the gradual westernisation of domestic and public spaces of empire.This work will be of interest to students and scholars of design history, material culture and colonial history. -- . |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, black & white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
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