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Jenny Sharpe brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction. She introduces race and colonialism to feminist theories of rape and sexual difference.

Table of Contents
Introduction - Neocolonial conditions of reading; The rise of women in an age of progress - Jane Eyre; The civilizing mission disfigured; The rise of memsahibs in an age of Empire - On the face of the waters; The unspeakable limits of civility - A passage to India; The ruins of time - The jewel in the crown.

Allegories of Empire The Figure of Woman in the

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/06/1993
      ISBN13: 9780816620609, 978-0816620609
      ISBN10: 0816620601

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Jenny Sharpe brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction. She introduces race and colonialism to feminist theories of rape and sexual difference.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction - Neocolonial conditions of reading; The rise of women in an age of progress - Jane Eyre; The civilizing mission disfigured; The rise of memsahibs in an age of Empire - On the face of the waters; The unspeakable limits of civility - A passage to India; The ruins of time - The jewel in the crown.

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