Disaffected: Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere - Paperback
$32.99
Quantity
01
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
Availability:In StockContributor:Tanya AgathocleousSeries:Corpus Juris: The Humanities in Politics and LawPublish date:2021-04-15Pages:234
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501753886ISBN-10:1501753886UPC:9781501753886Book Category:True Crime, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Journalism, ModernBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC73V2CK0C
Disaffected: Emotion, Sedition, and Colonial Law in the Anglosphere
Disaffected examines the effects of antisedition law on the overlapping public spheres of India and Britain under empire. After 1857, the British government began censoring the press in India, culminating in 1870 with the passage of Section 124a, a law that used the term "disaffection" to target the emotional tenor of writing deemed threatening to imperial rule. As a result, Tanya Agathocleous...
Series: Corpus Juris: The Humanities in Politics and Law
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501753886ISBN-10:1501753886UPC:9781501753886Book Category:True Crime, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Journalism, ModernBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC73V2CK0C
Tanya Agathocleous is Associate Professor of English at Hunter College. She is author of Urban Realism and the Cosmopolitan Imagination.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Contributor(s)
Author
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.