Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse

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Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse is written by A. Padamsee and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 023051247X (ISBN 10) and 9780230512474 (ISBN 13).

This study questions current views that Muslims represented a secure point of reference for the British understanding of colonial Indian society. Through revisionary readings of a wide range of texts, it re-examines the basis of the British misperception of Muslim 'conspiracy' during the 'Mutiny'. Arguing that this belief stemmed from conflicts inherent to the secular ideology of the colonial state, it shows how in the ensuing years it produced representations ridden with paradox and requiring a form of descriptive segregation.