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Beyond belief : India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism /

Examines the formation of the nation-state in postcolonial India, how it worked to create an identity for itself, to what extent it succeeded, and what may be the prospects for unity in a widely diverse country.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roy, Srirupa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Colección:Politics, history, and culture.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Imagining institutions, instituting diversity : toward a theory of nation-state formation
  • Moving pictures : the Films Division of India and the visual practices of the nation-state
  • Marching in time : Republic Day parades and the ritual practices of the nation-state
  • Indian darkness : science, development, and the needs discourse of the nation-state
  • Cities of hope : steel townships and the spatial practices of the nation-state
  • Conclusion : after midnight.