Title India in Britain : South Asian networks and connections, 1858-1950 / edited by Susheila Nasta

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface: The Importance of Strangers; N. Sahgal -- Introduction; S. Nasta -- The Zig Zag Lines of Tentative Connection: Indian-British Contacts in the Late Nineteenth Century; E. Boehmer -- Writing Empire, Fighting War: India, Great Britain and the First World War; S. Das -- Tracing the Legacy of an Experimental Generation: Three Iconic Travellers in 1890s London; A. Bubb -- Forging Global Networks in the Imperial Era: Atiya Fyzee in Edwardian London; S. Lambert-Hurley -- 'A Mosque in London worthy of the tradition of Islam and worthy of the capital of the British Empire': The Struggle to Create Muslim Space, 1910-1944; H. Ansari -- Crafting Connections: The India Society and the Formation of an Imperial Artistic Network in Early Twentieth-Century Britain; S.V. Turner -- Dialoguing with Empire: The Literary and Political Rhetoric of Sarojini Naidu; C. Lokuge -- 'Best Sellers': India, Indians and the British Reading Public; M. Lahiri -- 'A Flute of Praise': Indian Theatre in Britain in the Early Twentieth Century; C. Chambers -- Calling From London, Talking to India: South Asian Networks at the BBC and the case of G.V. Desani; E. Bainbridge & F. Stadtler -- 'Civilising Sabu of India': Redefining the White Man's Burden in Twentieth-Century Britain; J. Gold -- Connective Tissue: South Asians and the Making of Postcolonial Histories in Britain; A. Burton -- Select Bibliography -- Index Summary India in Britain traces the often hidden lines of Indian-British connection which took place on British soil during the period 1858-1950. Moving away from orthodox narratives of the Raj and the British presence in India, this book exposes a differently- contoured landscape, drawing attention to the significance of the many networks and connections that South Asians themselves established on British soil. Interdisciplinary in ethos, it stretches across ten decades, from the high point of empire to the better known period of migration following World War Two. Presenting readings of cultural history drawn from little-known archival material and interrogating contemporary readings of diaspora and migration in the light of this new material, it points to the urgent need to open up the parameters of this rich field of study. The contents of the book which cover topics ranging from literature, to the visual arts, history and politics, will be illuminating to those interested in the long history of the South Asian presence in Britain and its relevance to today's culturally diverse present. The perspectives of the different essays, written by several internationally distinguished scholars provide a depth and range of interdisciplinary approaches Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Indic literature (English) -- History and criticism South Asian literature (English) -- History and criticism East Indians -- Great Britain English literature -- East Indian authors -- History and criticism Books and reading -- Great Britain LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Books and reading East Indians English literature -- East Indian authors Indic literature (English) South Asian literature (English) Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Nasta, Susheila ISBN 9780230392724 0230392725

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