Unsettling utopia the making and unmaking of French India

"Unsettling Utopia looks to French India, five territories held by the French scattered throughout the South Asian subcontinent, to explore the connections between colonialism, settlement, border-making, decolonization, citizenship, and utopian place-making. Historian Jessica Namakkal begins wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Namakkal, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York Columbia University Press 2021
Series:Columbia studies in international and global history.
Subjects:
Decolonization > India > History.
Utopias > India > History.
Décolonisation > Inde > Histoire.
Utopies > Inde > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Decolonization
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
Utopias
French India > History.
French India > Politics and government.
India > Foreign relations > France.
France > Foreign relations > India.
Inde > Relations extérieures > France.
France > Relations extérieures > Inde.
France
India
India > French India
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : On minor borders and colonial time
  • Chapter 1 : Carceral borders: exile, surveillance, and subversion
  • Chapter 2 : The future of French India: decolonization and settlement at the borders
  • Chapter 3 : Making the postcolonial subject : Goondas, refugees, and citizens
  • Chapter 4 : Decolonial crossings: settlers, migrants, tourists
  • Chapter 5: From the Ashram to Auroville: utopia as settlement
  • Conclusion : The messiness of colonialism

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