The Sexual Life of English: Languages of Caste and Desire in Colonial India

by Shefali Chandra

In The Sexual Life of English , Shefali Chandra examines how English became an Indian language. She rejects the idea that English was fully formed before its life in India or that it was imposed from without. Rather, by drawing attention to sexuality and power, Chandra argues that the English language was produced through conflicts over caste, religion, and class. Sentiments and experiences of desire, respectability, conjugality, status, consumption,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822352273
• ISBN13: 9780822352273
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"