An analysis of the forms and uses of individualism in colonial and anti-colonial India.

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. Rogue-Colonial Individualism: General Dyer, Colonial Masculinity, Intentionality, and the Amritsar Massacre 29
2. Feminist-Nationalist Individualism: Margaret Cousins, Activism, and Witnessing 74
3. Heroic-Nationalist Individualism: Kalpana Dutt, Gender, and the Bengali "Terrorist" Movement 128
4. Heroic-Colonial Individualism: Raj Nostalgia and the Recuperation of Colonial History 169
Notes 223
Bibliography 251
Index 265