Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India /

Analyzes Indian cultural histories written between 1870 and the present. Focuses on English-language texts by Bengali historians on the subject of literature and culture, and compares Indian writing on cultural heritage to the dominant forms of European historiography prevalent during the colonial p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwarz, Henry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:Critical Histories
Temas:
Since 1765
Social change > India.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Civilization.
Social change.
India > Civilization > 1765-1947.
India > Civilization > 1947-
Inde > Civilisation > 1765-1947.
Inde > Civilisation > 1947-
India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Ruse of Progress
  • 1. Liberal Nationalist Histories
  • 2. Radical Nationalist Histories
  • 3. Marxist/Materialist Histories
  • 4. Transitions: Mediation and Irony
  • 5. Subaltern Studies: Radical History in the Metaphoric Mode
  • 6. Conclusion: Irony as Tragedy
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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