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<p>Comparing the variant ideologies of the representations of India in seventeenthcentury European travelogues India in Early Modern Travel Writings: Protestantism Enlightenment and Toleration focuses on a relatively neglected area of study and often overlooked writers. Relating the narratives to contemporary ideas and beliefs Rita Banerjee argues that the travel writers many of them avid Protestants seek to negativize India by constructing her in opposition to Europe the supposed norm by deliberately erasing affinities and indulging in the politics of disavowal. However some travelogues show a neutral stance by dispassionate ethnographic reporting indicating a growing empirical trend. Yet others influenced by the Enlightenment ideas of diversity demonstrate tolerance of alien practices and occasionally acceptance of the superior rationality of the other’s customs. About the Author Rita Banerjee Ph.D. (1997) Northern Illinois University formerly Associate Professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi is currently research scholar at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta. She has published articles bookchapters and a monograph on early modern literature and recently edited a book Cultural Histories of India (Routledge 2020).</p>
