This book along with its companion (Sentiment and Self) uses Richard Blechynden's diaries to present an account of everyday life in early colonial Bengal.It deals with issues like sexuality, concubines and dynamics of households incolonial Bengal. Richard Blechynden was a surveyor, architect, and builder inearly colonial Bengal. This volume and its companion (Sentiment and Self) use80 volumes of his diaries and other archival material along with anecdotes, extracts, and stories to recreate histories of everyday life.While Sentiment and Self explores issues like interactions between Europeans and Indians, race and tolerance, this volume focuses on the position of women,especially concubines, or bibis and their sexual and emotional relationships;the social milieu of the early empire; dynamics of household; contexts for cross-cultural contact and misunderstanding; the complexities of class, culture,and race; and the overlapping public and private life. It examines the domestic life,personal sensibilities, and private and public persona of the main diarist, Richard Blechynden.This book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, gender studies, cultural studies, and British Imperialism, as well as those interested in biographies. INDICE: Preface Acknowledgments Blechynden Family Tree Glossary The Diaries of Richard Blechynden (1759-1822) In Search of Wives A Concubine's Lot Pleasure and Pain Mary Walker: Betrayal and Passion Appendix 5.1. A Narrative from Diary Entries Relating to Mary Walker Charlotte: Binding Conditions Kin and Concubine Isabella: Sensibilities and Sense Calcutta Lives Notes Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-807511-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha Publicación: 29/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés