{"product_id":"audacious-raconteur-leela-prasad-9781501752278","title":"Audacious Raconteur: Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan a subject be sovereign in a hegemony?\u003c\/b\u003e Can creativity be reined in by forces of empire? Studying closely the oral narrations and writings of four Indian authors in colonial India, \u003ci\u003eThe Audacious Raconteur\u003c\/i\u003e argues that even the most hegemonic circumstances cannot suppress \"audacious raconteurs\" skilled storytellers who fashion narrative spaces that allow themselves to remain sovereign and beyond subjugation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy drawing attention to the vigorous orality, maverick use of photography, literary ventriloquism, and bilingualism in the narratives of these raconteurs, Leela Prasad shows how the ideological bulwark of colonialism--formed by concepts of colonial modernity, history, science, and native knowledge--is dismantled. Audacious raconteurs wrest back meanings of religion, culture, and history that are closer to their lived understandings. The figure of the audacious raconteur does not only hover in an archive but suffuses everyday life. Underlying these ideas, Prasad's personal interactions with the narrators' descendants give weight to her innovative argument that the audacious raconteur is a necessary ethical and artistic figure in human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to generous funding from Duke University, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu\/cornell-open) and other repositories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leela Prasad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501752278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501752278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Leela Prasad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942468255999,"sku":"9781501752278","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0b38863f-3075-4d6e-93a8-a091942b3f26.jpg?v=1681492553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/audacious-raconteur-leela-prasad-9781501752278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}