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- catalog abstract ""This volume demonstrates that the body was central to the construction and maintenance of British authority in India. Imperial Bodies explores ways in which the transformation of the British presence in India between 1800 and 1947 involved and relied upon changes in the way the British in India managed, disciplined and displayed their bodies. The move from commerce to control, and then to imperialism and Empire corresponded to a shift in bodily norms. As the nineteenth century progressed, an openness and interest in India gave way to a ban on things Indian. The British rejected curries for tinned ham, cool white clothing for black broadcloth and Indian mistresses for English wives. By the twentieth century, the British official had been transformed into an upright, decent representative of British virtues whose task was to bring civilization to India." "Through an in-depth discussion of texts and practices, the body is introduced into the history of the Raj as an active social principle: a force in the construction of social inequalities along lines of race and class. Drawing on a wide range of sources including government records, newspapers, private letters, medical handbook and cookery books, E.M. Collingham paints a vivid picture of the life and manners of the British in India." "This contribution to both British and imperial history will be of practical interest to students and scholars of cultural and colonial history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12164350.
- catalog coverage "India History British occupation, 1765-1947.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""This volume demonstrates that the body was central to the construction and maintenance of British authority in India. Imperial Bodies explores ways in which the transformation of the British presence in India between 1800 and 1947 involved and relied upon changes in the way the British in India managed, disciplined and displayed their bodies. The move from commerce to control, and then to imperialism and Empire corresponded to a shift in bodily norms. As the nineteenth century progressed, an openness and interest in India gave way to a ban on things Indian. The British rejected curries for tinned ham, cool white clothing for black broadcloth and Indian mistresses for English wives.".
- catalog description "By the twentieth century, the British official had been transformed into an upright, decent representative of British virtues whose task was to bring civilization to India." "Through an in-depth discussion of texts and practices, the body is introduced into the history of the Raj as an active social principle: a force in the construction of social inequalities along lines of race and class. Drawing on a wide range of sources including government records, newspapers, private letters, medical handbook and cookery books, E.M. Collingham paints a vivid picture of the life and manners of the British in India." "This contribution to both British and imperial history will be of practical interest to students and scholars of cultural and colonial history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-269) and index.".
- catalog description "The Nabob, c. 1800-1857. The Indianized body ; The Anglicization of the body ; The limits of Anglicization -- The Sahib, 1858-1939. The Sahib as an instrument of rule ; The social body -- Epilogue: the dissolution of the Anglo-Indian body, 1939-1947.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 273 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0745623697 (hb : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0745623700 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers,".
- catalog spatial "India History British occupation, 1765-1947.".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog spatial "India.".
- catalog subject "954.03 21".
- catalog subject "British India Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "DS428 .C65 2001".
- catalog subject "Human body Social aspects India.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Nabob, c. 1800-1857. The Indianized body ; The Anglicization of the body ; The limits of Anglicization -- The Sahib, 1858-1939. The Sahib as an instrument of rule ; The social body -- Epilogue: the dissolution of the Anglo-Indian body, 1939-1947.".
- catalog title "Imperial bodies : the physical experience of the Raj, c.1800-1947 / E.M. Collingham.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".