Limiting Secularism : The Ethics of Coexistence in Indian Literature and Film /

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With a backdrop of religious violence and escalating regional tensions in South Asia, Priya Kumars Limiting Secularism probes the urgent topic of secularism and tolerance in Indian culture and life. Kumar explores Partition as the founding trauma of the Indian nation-state and traces the consequence...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kumar, Priya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
South Asian literature
Secularism in motion pictures
Secularism in literature
Motion pictures > Moral and ethical aspects
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Indic.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Cinema > Aspect moral > Inde.
Litterature sud-asiatique > Aspect moral.
Litterature sud-asiatique > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Secularism in motion pictures.
Secularism in literature.
Motion pictures > Moral and ethical aspects > India.
South Asian literature > Moral and ethical aspects.
South Asian literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
India
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:With a backdrop of religious violence and escalating regional tensions in South Asia, Priya Kumars Limiting Secularism probes the urgent topic of secularism and tolerance in Indian culture and life. Kumar explores Partition as the founding trauma of the Indian nation-state and traces the consequences of its marking off of Indian" from "Pakistani" and the positioning of Indian Muslims as strangers within the nation. Kumar unpacks the implications of the Nehruvian doctrine of tolerance-with all of its resonances of condescension and inequality-and asks whether more ethical cohabita
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816656653

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