The Story-Time of the British Empire: Colonial and Postcolonial Folkloristics

by Sadhana Naithani

Book Overview

In The Story-Time of the British Empire, author Sadhana Naithani examines folklore collections compiled by British colonial administrators, military men, missionaries, and women in the British colonies of Africa, Asia, and Australia between 1860 and 1950. Much of this work was accomplished in the context of colonial relations and done by non-folklorists, yet these oral narratives and poetic expressions of non-Europeans were transcribed, translated,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617038393
• ISBN13: 9781617038396
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"