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Memsahibs` Writings: Colonial Narratives on Indian Women

	Memsahibs` Writings: Colonial Narratives On Indian Women by Indrani Sen(Ed.)
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The white women of colonial India wrote extensively; they maintained journals and diaries, wrote letters home, authored novels and penned their memoirs. This anthology brings together a fascinating collection of such writings written over the period 1820s“1920s, focusing on their relations with ˜native` women.

The compilation draws on the experiences of medical missionaries, travellers, journalists and administrators` wives and is organised around key sites of contact.

A comprehensive introduction by Indrani Sen places these writings in historical perspective.

ISBN :9788125045526

Pages : 344