Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 00:51:23 +0100 (CET)
From: zxmzc14 <birgit.bock-AT-student.uni-tuebingen.de>
Subject: Re: A question about Burmese Days


I read the book, it says more about the english there than the Burmese in
my opinion, but hey,

Jeremiah

On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 Hiswimr-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 23:16:52 EST
> From: Hiswimr-AT-aol.com
> Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> Subject: A question about Burmese Days
>
>
> Dear List Members:
>
> I am writing a paper on Orwell's Burmese Days and was wondering if someone
> more familiar with the Anglo-Indian literary tradition could help.
>
> My question is whether Flory's Burmese servant Ko S'la, who reminds me, to
> some extent, of the figure of the house slave (or the mammy figure) in the
> African-American racial economy, belongs to a comparable model of selflessly
> devoted servant in Anglo-Indian literature?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Nalin
>



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