The Raja's Magic Clothes: Re-Visioning Kingship and Divinity in England's India

by Joanne Punzo Waghorne

In The Raja's Magic Clothes, Joanne Punzo Waghorne places before our eyes British imperialism and a small South India kingdom in the actual settings in which they performed their interplay--not only in the Indian world but also in the world of English courtiers, diplomats, and scholars. The Raja's Magic Clothes explores the refashioning of the rituals of kingship in Pudukkottai during the crucial period from 1858 to 1947. Waghorne discusses these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271010665
• ISBN13: 9780271010663
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.