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Empire and Nation: The Re-fashioning of Literature
24 minutes
Color
Recommended audience age range 18-adult
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Additional information
Order number: 1058
The program looks at the relationship between Britain and India from an Indian perspective. Presented by Susie Tharu, an Indian academic who teaches English literature in Hyderabad, it traces the history of one Indian poem, Radhika Santwanam, from the eighteenth century to Independence. The complex relationship between Britain and India is explored, showing how modern India is a product of British colonialism. Shot in New Delhi, Madras, Hyderabad and Thanjavur, the program analyzes the rise of a new middle class in India, which dresses more `modestly,' studies English literature and appreciates Western values, as embodied in British architecture in India.
Credits -
Director:
GD Jayalakshmi
Presenter:
Susie Tharu
Open University/BBC
