Making India : colonialism, national culture, and the afterlife of Indian English authority

Author/Creator:

Paranjape, Makarand R., 1960-

Publication/Creation:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2013]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Making India : colonialism, national culture, and the afterlife of Indian English authority / Makarand R. Paranjape

Series Titles:

Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures ; 2
Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures ; 2.

Related/Included Titles:

Introduction --
"Usable pasts": Rammohun Roy's occidentalism --
"East Indian" cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the birth of Indian modernity --
Michael Madhusudan Dutt: the prodigal's progress --
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: colonialism and national consciousness in Rajmohan's Wife --
Subjects to change: gender trouble and women's "authority" --
Representing Swami Vivekananda --
Sarojini Naidu: reclaiming a kinship --
"Home and the world": colonialism and alternativity in Tagore's India --
Sri Aurobindo and the renaissance in India --
The "persistent" Mahatma: rereading Gandhi Post-Hindutva --
Conclusion: usable pasts, possible futures.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Indic literature (English)--History and criticism
Nationalism--India--History
English language--India
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947
India--Civilization--British influences
India--Social conditions
India--Intellectual life

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction -- "Usable pasts": Rammohun Roy's occidentalism -- "East Indian" cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the birth of Indian modernity -- Michael Madhusudan Dutt: the prodigal's progress -- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: colonialism and national consciousness in Rajmohan's Wife -- Subjects to change: gender trouble and women's "authority" -- Representing Swami Vivekananda -- Sarojini Naidu: reclaiming a kinship -- "Home and the world": colonialism and alternativity in Tagore's India -- Sri Aurobindo and the renaissance in India -- The "persistent" Mahatma: rereading Gandhi Post-Hindutva -- Conclusion: usable pasts, possible futures.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xiii, 265 pages ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990032045880302486

ISBN:

9400746601
9789400746602

OCLC Number:

788252394

Barcode:

010002600362