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Notions of nationhood in Bengal : perspectives on Samaj, c. 1867-1905 /

Intends to open fresh ways of rethinking colonial nationalisms, qualifying derivative, political and modernist paradigms. Introducing the category of samaj (cultural entity), this book shows how indigenous socio-cultural origins were reconfigured in modern Bengali-Indian nationhood to conceptualise...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gupta, Swarupa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Philosophy of history and culture ; v. 29.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Nationalist Ideologues, Ideas and their Dissemination; Chapter Two. Recreating a Jati; ChapterThree. Samaj and Perspectives on Unity; Chapter Four. Caste, Class and Internal 'Others': 'Lower Orders' in Bengal; Chapter Five. Contiguous Ethnicities; Chapter Six. Sub-Regional 'Essences' and the Regional Self; Chapter Seven. FromRegion to Nation:The Idea of India; Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.