Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse

Name: Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse
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SKU: 8956cf0a5349 Categories: Asia, Europe, General, Great Britain, History, Literary Criticism, Modern, South Tag: A. Padamsee

This study questions current views that Muslims represented a secure point of reference for the British understanding of colonial Indian society. Through revisionary readings of a wide range of texts, it re-examines the basis of the British misperception of Muslim ‘conspiracy’ during the ‘Mutiny’. Arguing that this belief stemmed from conflicts inherent to the secular ideology of the colonial state, it shows how in the ensuing years it produced representations ridden with paradox and requiring a form of descriptive segregation.