Heterotopias : nationalism and the possibility of history in South Asia

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    • Bhagavan, Manu Belur

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Heterotopias : nationalism and the possibility of history in South Asia

edited by Manu Bhagavan

Oxford University Press, 2010

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Nationalism and the possibility of history in South Asia

Heterotopias

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Summary: Papers presented at a conference held at Indian University in February 2003

Includes bibliographical references

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Laid out as a series of three inter-related conversations, this volume investigates the diverse discourses of identity politics that relate the nationalist movement to current concerns and debates. Focusing upon the peripheries of modern India-states of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir-the first section explores local and regional nationalisms at play at marginalized spaces. It highlights their relationship with the homogenizing nationalism of the centre. The next examines literary production to delineate the plurality of narrative and consciousness. The final part explores the works of Mohammed Iqbal and Mohandas Gandhi while the conclusion provides a post-history of communalism. Overall, the volume deals with the multiplicity of historical experiences both within and without the discourse of nationalism. This book will interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, politics, and sociology, particularly those concerned with identity politics and nationalism.

Table of Contents

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION BY MANU BHAGAVAN
  • PART I:
  • 1. Local Nationalism or Secessionism? History, Politics, and Identity Struggle of Tai-Ahom in Assam by Yasmin Saikia
  • 2. Kashmir and Kashmiriyat: The Politics of Diversity in South Asia by Chitralekha Zutshi
  • PART II:
  • 3. Against the Current: Sita and her Foils in Modern Tamil and Telugu Short Stories by Paula Richman
  • 4. Ghalib and his Interlocutors by Syed Akbar Hyder
  • PART III:
  • 5. Muhammad Iqbal and the Crisis of Representation in British India by Faisal Devji
  • 6. The Strange Violence of Satyagraha: Gandhi, Itihaas, and History by Ajay Skaria
  • CONCLUSION. THE POST-HISTORY OF COMMUNALISM BY GYANENDRA PANDEY
  • CONTRIBUTORS NOTE.

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