UID:
almahu_9949207380702882
Format:
1 online resource (288 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780190993948 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This work disentangles complex discourses around humanitarianism to understand the nature of British colonialism in India. It contends that the colonial project of animal protection in late nineteenth-century Bengal mirrored an irony. Emerging notions of public health and debates on cruelty against animals exposed the disjunction between the claims of a benevolent Empire and a powerful imperial reality where the state constantly sought to discipline its subjects-both human and nonhuman. Centred around stories of animals as diseased, eaten, and overworked, the book shows how such contests over appropriate measures for controlling animals became part of wider discussions surrounding environmental ethics, diet, sanitation, and the politics of race and class.
Note:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190129132
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
