Moving across academic disciplines geographical boundaries and literary genres home and harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth century imperialist england and colonial india inderpal grewals study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created linked yet distinct constructs of. Moving across academic disciplines geographical boundaries and literary genres home and harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth century imperialist england and colonial india inderpal grewals study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created linked yet distinct constructs of nation and gender and explores the impact of this encounter on both english and indian men and women. Moving across academic disciplines geographical boundaries and literary genres home and harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth century imperialist england. Chapter 1 home and harem domesticity gender and nationalism pp 23 56 in george eliots middlemarch dorothea casaubon experiences this transformative moment early one morning in the dawn light when looking out of her bedroom window she realizes the significance of the landscape she sees below her. Moving across academic disciplines geographical boundaries and literary genres home and harem examines how travel shaped ideas about culture and nation in nineteenth century imperialist england and colonial india inderpal grewals study of the narratives and discourses of travel reveals the ways in which the colonial encounter created