Disaffected: Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere

by Tanya Agathocleous

Book Overview

Disaffected examines the effects of antisedition law on the overlapping public spheres of India and Britain under empire. After 1857, the British government began censoring the press in India, culminating in 1870 with the passage of Section 124a, a law that used the term "disaffection" to target the emotional tenor of writing deemed threatening to imperial rule. As a result, Tanya Agathocleous shows, Indian journalists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501753886
• ISBN13: 9781501753886
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher