Reversing the gaze: amar singh's diary, a colonial subject's narrative of imperial india

This book contains selections from the diary of Amar Singh from the year 1898 to 1905, recording his sense of discovery and surprise at diverse sites: theJodhpur Court, women's quarters of the Jodhpur Haveli, Lord Curzon's ImperialCadet Corps. The new epilogue updates research on and brings together variousaspects of ethnographic writings. This book contains selections from the diary of Amar Singh from the year 1898 to 1905, recording his sense of discovery and surprise at diverse sites: the Jodhpur Court, women's quarters of the Jodhpur Haveli, Lord Curzon's Imperial Cadet Corps. In daily negotitations with theBritish and Rajput counter-players, Amar Singh constructs a hybrid self, a Rajput nobleman and an Edwardian officer and gentleman. In an era that seems to be more at ease with subjective truths than objectiveknowledge, Amar Singh reverses gaze of the subaltern by playing participant, observer, informant, narrator, and author in a seemingly innocuous diary, written to 'keep [himself] amused'. The new epilogue, entitled Engaging Subject Knowledge: Learning from Amar Singh's Diary Narratives of and by theSelf, updates research on and brings together various aspects of ethnographicwritings. INDICE: Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Selections from Amar Singh's Readings INTRODUCTION Provenance: Making a Self at the Jodhpur Court Liminality: Making a Self between Two Cultures How we Encountered the Diary Reconstructing the Text An Indian Diary in English? Reversing the Gaze: The Diarist as Reflexive 'Native' Ethnographer PART I. GETTING STARTED About the Diary Education of the Diarist Sarkar Hurjee The Apprentice Manners and Mores A Mania for Polo Blood and other Sports My Family PART II. THE JODHPUR LANCERS IN CHINA Getting There: With the Allied Expeditionary Force to China Tensions in the China Garrison Under Fire at Lijapoo; Thinking it Over 'Tried Warrior' or 'Coolie of the Raj' PART III. TRANSGRESSION AND RECONCILIATION An Uncommon Wedding Becoming a Householder PART IV. SOLDIER OF THE RAJ? 'An Example for others': First Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps 'The Results of Sodomy': Second Term in theImperial Cadet Corps 'Too Proud and Haughty?: Third Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps 'To Command Europeans': Fifth Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps 'The Big Swells were Gone': Sixth Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps 'Goodbye, My DearCorps': Seventh Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps PART V. PRIVATE LIVES IN PATRIARCHAL SPACE Diplomacy in Everyday Life: 'This Damned Etiquette' Lectures tothe Maharaja of Kishengarh: 'How to Promote Love' and 'The abuses of Youth' Women at Home: 'What Real Difficulties There are in a Rajput Family Life JointFamily Responsibilities: 'My One Aim is to Secure Peace at Home' Men in the World: Estate Management, Horses and Books Harmony and Dissidence in the Joint Family: 'Show Sympathy and you will Earn Confidence' PART VI. PRINCELY COURTS IN IMPERIAL SPACE Court Society at Jodhpur: The Struggle for the Maharaja's Person Court Society at Kishengarh and Idar: Replicating Marks of Sovereignty H.H. Kishengarh Marries at Udaipur: The Ceremonial Enactment of Inferiority Imperial Ritual at Alwar: Lord Curzon Invests Jai Singh with Full Powers Paramountcy and Corruption: Talks with Political Officers Epilogue Glossaries Author Index Index of Subjects and Concepts Index of Epilogue

• ISBN: 978-0-19-807507-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 680
• Fecha Publicación: 20/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés