| Colonial Childhoods: The Juvenile Periphery of India 1850-1945 Contributor(s): Sen, Satadru (Author) |
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ISBN: 184331178X ISBN-13: 9781843311782 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: This book is about politics of childhood in India between the 1860s and 1930s. It deals with some urgent issues, including British and Indian attitudes toward children in Britain and India, and how these are reflected in contemporary literature. It also covers the British "invention" of juvenile deliquency in colonial India, which allowed the British to impose their own methods of nurture and discipline on children. Interestingly, Satandr Sen explores the British "experimentation" with raising colonial children and the taboo of female education and delinquency. The author also investigates attitudes towards the children of the Indian aristocracy, the middle-class child, and representations of children in Bengali literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| LCCN: 2005031993 |
| Series: Anthem South Asian Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (0.84 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Colonial Childhoods' is about the politics of childhood in India between the 1860s and the 1930s. It examines not only the redefinition of the 'child' in the cultural and intellectual climate of colonialism, but also the uses of the child, the parent and the family in colonizing and nationalizing projects. |