Antoinette Burton

Tony Ballantyne

Professor of History Antoinette Burton

DIVThis reader on world history emphasizes the centrality of raced , sexed, and classed bodies as sites on which imperial power was imagined and exercised, in order to examine the effects of global politics, capital and culture on everyday spaces and local c/div

Rethinking Colonial Encounters in World History

Bodies in Contact

Antoinette M. Burton

Through an analysis of the writings of three 20th century Indian women, Dwelling in the Archive explores how memoirs, fictions, and histories written by women can be read as counter-narratives of colonial modernity. Burton discusses how memories of the physical space of houses and the emotive attachment to home can be used to understand women's reactions to partition and the creation of the Indian nation.

Women Writing House, Home, and History in Late Colonial India

Dwelling in the Archive

DIVEssays in this collection assess "the nation" as a subject of disciplinary inquiry, considering both its enduring relevance and its inadequacy as an analytical category for studying history, literature, and culture./div

Professor of History Antoinette Burton

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