Myths of the Nation: National Identity and Literary Representations

by Rumina Sethi

Overview

This book focuses on the construction of forms of historical consciousness in narratives, or schools of narrative. The study seeks to underscore what goes behind the writing of ‘true' and ‘authentic' histories by treating historical fiction as the literary dimension of nationalist ideology. It traces nationalism from its abstract underpinnings to its concrete manifestation in historical fiction which underwrites the Indian freedom struggle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198183396
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/26/1999
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Rumina Sethi is a British Academy Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and has written widely on Postcolonial Cultural Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Narratives of Nationalism and the Politics of the OrientPart One1. The Nativization of English2. The Ideology of Gandhi: A Mass FantasyPart Two3. Peasant Uprisings and Fictional Strategies4. Contesting Identities: Involvement and Resistance of WomenPart Three5. The Future of a Vision6. Fixity and ResistanceBibliography