Censorship Reference library
Nicole Moore
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Literary Theory
...Customs Act first prohibited the importation of “books and drawings of an immoral or indecent character”; 44 in 1853 , Britain’s Customs Consolidation Act incorporated express prohibitions on obscene or indecent articles, formalizing cordons sanitaires against immorality from elsewhere. Michael Roberts noted the coincidence of debate of the 1857 Obscene Publications Act in the English House of Lords with the arrival of news of the Indian Mutiny two days later. 45 Regimes of regulation all over the British Empire were bolstered by this act and by the...
Postcolonial Theory Reference library
Vijay Mishra
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Literary Theory
...by the theoretical device of bathos, undercutting. Anund then is the sly stereotypical Indian playing a game that Hindus have always played, demonstrating as they always did characteristics of mimicry, sly civility, and hybridity avant la lettre. In the end, as the Indian Mutiny of 1857 rages, Anund leaves Christianity, returns to the religion of his wife who had never converted, and comes to a tragic end as he is killed by a Muslim, quite possibly for abandoning his faith in the first place. 44 Either way, Bhabha’s reading has theoretical value and...
Court Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
...of frankpledge and dealt with minor criminal offences and a variety of administrative work. In its early days it was substantially the same as the court baron . Court martial A court convened to try a person subject to military law. In Britain such courts resulted from the Mutiny Act of 1689 . Court of Appeal A branch of the Supreme Court of Judicature that hears appeals from the high court . Court of Arches or Arches Court The ecclesiastical court for the province of Canterbury, held in the church of St Mary-le-Bow ( Sancta Maria de Arcubus , St Mary...
Curragh Incident Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable
...Incident . The mutiny of British officers based in the main army camp at the Curragh, Co. Kildare, in March 1914 , shortly before the passing of the third Home Rule bill and after the mobilization of Carson's Army . Major-General Sir Hubert Gough chaired a meeting of 56 officers who stated that they would offer their resignations rather than act against Ulster opponents of Home Rule, should such action be required of them. The War Office reacted mildly to news of this decision and the government decided to evade the issue, informing the officers...
Curragh Mutiny Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
...Mutiny . In March 1914 a number of officers at the Curragh camp near Dublin offered their resignations rather than face the possibility of being ordered to act against Ulstermen to impose the Irish Home Rule Bill. They succeeded in obtaining a written assurance from their commander-in-chief that they would not be expected to do this. The following month a successful gun-running operation provided arms for the Ulster Volunteer Force...
