Representing Rebellion: Visual Aspects of Counter-Insurgency in Colonial India

by Daniel Rycroft

This volume is a study of British nineteenth-century representations of India in the popular press, specifically the Illustrated London News around 1850-56. It focuses on the work of Walter Sherwill, in particular his treatment of the Santhal hul and also looks at earlier and later work by Sherwill and others in the same journal.

The monograph analyzes the visual narrativization of counter-insurgency campaigns and discusses in detail how various...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195675894
• ISBN13: 9780195675894
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.6"