The forging of nationhood
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The forging of nationhood
Manohar, 2003
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Summary: Contributed articles
Includes bibliographical references
Contents of Works
- The forging of nationhood : the contest over citizenship, ethnicity and history / Gyanendra Pandey and Peter Geschiere
- Citizenship and the administration of dominated populations : the case of postcolonial Ecuador / Andres Guerrero
- The spirit of Bolivian laws : citizenship, infamy and patriarchal hierarchy / Rossana Barragan
- Wrestling with the connotations of Chinese Minzu / Zhang Haiyang
- The return of Keppetipola's Cranium : the construction of authenticity in Sri Lankan nationalism / Nira Wickramasinghe
- Women's place in the nation : an early twentieth century Indian debate about the right of maidenhood / Sudhir Chandra
- Inventing oneself as "Mu-Luba" in Zaire : state, citizen, and ethnic power in modernity / T.K. Biaya
- From conquest to consent as the basis of state formation : reflections in Rawanda / Mahmood Mamdani
- The story of three songs : illuminations on the cultural politics of Thai citizenship / Kasian Tejapira
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Unlike most writings on nationalism, and the related concepts of development and modernity, this book is the product of a conversation begun among historians of the South -- or what used to be known as the 'Third World'. It shows how much there is to learn about these facets of the modern world from closer attention to the experience of the directly or indirectly colonised parts of Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America and, no less importantly, from direct interaction between scholars from these regions. The notions of nationhood and liberal development have been disseminated so successfully in recent times that they have come to be viewed almost as 'natural'. It is easy to forget how long and difficult the struggle has been to establish ideas of popular sovereignty and individual equality as universally applicable rights. For, as this book demonstrates, the rhetoric of the inclusive claims of liberty and equality that nationalism and other related movements promote is accompanied by the practice of excluding numerous classes, communities and individuals from precisely these claims. This happens to be the case both within, and across, nations.
Indeed, the story of nationalism and of modern 'civilisation' could scarcely have been written without such exclusions. Several papers in this volume show how members of excluded groups can suffer from nationalism's impatience with difference, and conclude with the hope of reforming the nation state. Yet their collective contributions also suggest that the concept of the essential, cultural nation -- and perhaps therefore the idea of the nation itself, as it has been handed down to us -- needs serious questioning; and with that of course the existing forms of the modern state. Published in association with SEPHIS.
Table of Contents
- The Forging of Nationhood: The Contest over Citizenship, Ethnicity & History
- Citizenship & the Administration of Dominated Populations: The Case of Postcolonial Ecuador
- The Spirit of Bolivian Laws: Citizenship, Infamy & Patriarchal Hierarchy
- Wrestling with the Connotations of Chinese Minzu
- The Return of Keppetipola's Cranium: The Construction of Authenticity in Sri Lankan Nationalism
- Women's Place in the Nation: An Early Twentieth Century Indian Debate about the Right to Maidenhood
- Inventing Oneself as 'Mu-Luba' in Zaire: State, Citizen, & Ethnic Power in Modernity
- From Conquest to Consent as the Basis of State Formation: Reflections on Rwanda
- The Story of Three Songs
- Illuminations on the Cultural Politics of Thai Citizenship.
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