Epidemic empire : colonialism, contagion, and terror, 1817-2020

Epidemic empire : colonialism, contagion, and terror, 1817-2020 / Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb.

Terrorism is a cancer, an infection, an epidemic, a plague. For more than a century, this metaphor has figured insurgent violence as contagion in order to contain its political energies. In Epidemic Empire, Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb shows that this trope began in responses to the Indian Mutiny of 1857...

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Main Author: Raza Kolb, Anjuli Fatima (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Series:De Gruyter e-book purchased.
Subjects:
Imperialism in literature.
Imperialism.
Literature, Modern > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Terrorism in literature.
Terrorism.
Diseases in literature.
Political violence.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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