Sanjay Srivastava

Constructing Post-Colonial India (eBook, PDF)

National Character and the Doon School

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Produktbeschreibung

An interdisciplinary and engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence and unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Using the case study of the Doon School, a famous boarding school for boys, and one of the leading educational institutions in India, the author argues that to be post-colonial in India is to be modern, rational, secular and urban. In placing post-colonialism in this concrete social context, and analysing how it is constructed, the author renders a complex and often rather abstract subject accessible.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134683598
• Artikelnr.: 42710425

Autorenporträt

Sanjay Srivastava trained as a social anthropologist and is presently senior lecturer in the School of Literary and Communication Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the seductions of capital 1 Practical minds
solid builders
and sane opinions 2 The marble mirage: constructing the Orient 3 The garden of rational delights 4 Secularism
the citizen
and Hindu contextualism 5 The management of water: capitalism
class
and science 6 The order of men: sentiments of the metropolis
settlements of civil society 7 Conclusion: 'post-coloniality'
national identity
globalisation
and the simulacra of the real