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Explores the ways in which questions of originality and impersonation function, not just for westernized subjects, but across a range of identities. This book considers the Englishman's fascination with 'going native', an Irishwoman's assumption of Hindu feminine celibacy, and Gandhi's impersonation of femininity.

Interpreting South Asian and diasporic texts, Parama Roy argues that who eats and with whom, who starves, and what is rejected as food are questions fundamental to empire, decolonization, and globalization.