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The Oppressive Present

The Oppressive Present Literature and Social Consciousness in Colonial India

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is an analysis of the responses of the Indian intelligentsia and literati of the later colonial period to Western notions which modified indigenous ideas on the individual, the family, the position of women and religious and caste differences.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195627978
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 820.9355
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 404g
Height: 225mm
Width: 145mm
Spine width: 19mm