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Travels to Europe: Self and Other in Bengali Travel Narratives, 1870-1910

 
Simonti Sen (Author)
Synopsis This work examines in detail the world of travelogues of a highly interesting culture-universe: the Bengali bhadralok. A travelogue is usually a crucial political/aesthetic text. Its very fabric is structured in space and power – it creates, relates, compares and contrasts spaces and power. Bengalis traveling to Europe in the colonial period felt compelled to produce such texts. An analysis of these works from a historian’s angle provides crucial windows to the colonized mind striving for self-definition. Trailokyanath Mukherjee, Romesh Chandra Dutt, Krishnabhabini Das, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore and other travelers aimed to demystify the myth of Europe by establishing physical contact. Their depictions of the reality of the colonial metropolis served as acts of self-assertion, dislocating England from its position of centrality. Simonti Sen studies in detail the conflicted narrative of minds that aimed to reconcile a Western education and an incipient sense of national self. In doing so, she raises issues regarding national definition which are as relevant today as they were a century ago. This work would appeal to readers interested in the history of India and, in particular, of Bengal; it would also appeal to those involved in literature and cultural studies.
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About the author

Simonti Sen

Simonti Sen teaches History in Badhannagar College, Kolkata. She has written several articles on Bengali travel accounts and has edited Krishnabhabini Daser Englandey Banga Mahila (Calcutta: Stree, 1996), a new edition of Krishnabhabini Das's travel accoount.

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Title Travels to Europe: Self and Other in Bengali Travel Narratives, 1870-1910
Author Simonti Sen
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2005
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8125027386
length viii+228p., Glossary; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
Subjects History