'We Went Bravely On ... ': The Theatre and Spectacle of Everyday Life in British Written Representations of Colonial South Asia.

Analysing how British women and men in nineteenth and twentieth-century colonial South Asia made 'theatre' or 'spectacles' of everyday life in personal correspondence, this article examines the foundations of a particular kind of imagery of empire which often survived beyond decolonisation. It exami...

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Published in:	Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 875 - 906
Main Author:	Smith, Ellen
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2023
Subjects:	State power Everyday life Indian women (Asians) British colonies British occupation of India, 1765-1947 Epistolary fiction Shipbuilding South Asia
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost