Culture and the making of identity in contemporary India

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Culture and the making of identity in contemporary India

edited by Kamala Ganesh, Usha Thakkar

Sage Publications, 2005

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"The Asiatic Society of Mumbai Bicentenary volume"

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This collection of 17 original essays provides insights into the various ways in which the interrelated issues of culture, identity and Indianness are expressed in contemporary times. The contributions range from detailed and scholarly essays to critical reviews of literature and reflections on experience. The contributors, distinguished specialists writing for a general readership, outline and evaluate significant developments since Independence in their respective fields.

Table of Contents

Foreword - B G Deshmukh Introduction - Kamala Ganesh Fields of Culture: Conversations and Contestations From Interior Landscapes into Cyberspace - Kapila Vatsyayan Fluidity and Dynamics of Tradition From Sankara to Fusion - Ashok Ranade An Indian Musical Spectrum Lineages of the Modern in Indian Art - Tapati Guha-Thakurta The making of a National History Divided by a Common Language - Meenakshi Mukherjee Novel in India, in English and in English Translation Translating Sensibility - Dilip Chitre What does Translation Mean in India? - U R Ananthamurthy Interculturalism and the Question of Body - Anuradha Kapur Interculturalism and Intraculturalism in Theatre - Vijaya Mehta A Personal Response Stri Shakti - Vimla Bahuguna Dimensions of Woman Power in India Vimla Bahuguna and the Legacy of Gandhian Politics - Usha Thakkar Heritage of Bhakti - Vidyut Bhagwat Sant Women's Writings in Marathi Feminism and Feminist Expression - Devaki Jain A Dialogue `Re' Inscribing the Past - Uma Chakravarti Inserting Women into Indian History The Humanist Perspective and the Civilising Role of History - Mariam Dossal Indigenous Knowledges and the Hegemony of Science - Claude Alvares Towards an Informed Science Criticism - Gita Chadha The Debate on Science in Post-Independence India Index

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