Essays about: "white orphan children"

Found 1 essay containing the words white orphan children.

  1. 1. A White Orphan’s Educational Path in British India : A Postcolonial Perspective on Rudyard Kipling’s Novel Kim

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Karin Uhlén; [2016]
    Keywords : Rudyard Kipling; Kim; postcolonial theory; pedagogy; the British Empire; India; white orphan children; father figures.;

    Abstract : In this essay Rudyard Kipling’s novel Kim (1901) is dealt with from a postcolonial perspective, and the aim is to show how three father figures - Colonel Creighton, Mahbub Ali and the lama - individually influence Kim’s education. Furthermore, how their point of view on education and parenting can be used to understand the larger concepts of postcolonialism and the pedagogy of Empire. READ MORE