TY - BOOK ID - 85746662 TI - Home and harem : nation, gender, empire, and the cultures of travel PY - 1996 SN - 1283062488 9786613062482 0822382008 0822317400 0822317311 PB - Durham, NC : Duke University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Travelers' writings, English KW - Literature and society KW - Culture conflict in literature. KW - Intercultural communication. KW - East and West in literature. KW - Women KW - Travel writing KW - Feminism and literature. KW - Sex role in literature. KW - Imperialism. KW - Cross-cultural communication KW - Communication KW - Culture KW - Cross-cultural orientation KW - Cultural competence KW - Multilingual communication KW - Technical assistance KW - Literature KW - Literature and sociology KW - Society and literature KW - Sociology and literature KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Colonialism KW - Empires KW - Expansion (United States politics) KW - Neocolonialism KW - Political science KW - Anti-imperialist movements KW - Caesarism KW - Chauvinism and jingoism KW - Militarism KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - Books and reading. KW - History. KW - Anthropological aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Women authors KW - Great Britain KW - India KW - Bharat KW - Bhārata KW - Government of India KW - Ḣindiston Respublikasi KW - Inde KW - Indië KW - Indien KW - Indii︠a︡ KW - Indland KW - Indo KW - Republic of India KW - Sāthāranarat ʻIndīa KW - Yin-tu KW - インド KW - هند KW - Индия KW - Relations KW - Literature and feminism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85746662 AB - Moving across academic disciplines, geographical boundaries, and literary genres, Home and Harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth-century imperialist England and colonial India. Inderpal Grewal's study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created linked yet distinct constructs of nation and gender and explores the impact of this encounter on both English and Indian men and women. Reworking colonial discourse studies to include both sides of the colonial divide, this work is also the first ER -