Salman Rushdie and Indian Historiography

Writing the Nation into Being

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 2009
ISBN13: 9780230205482
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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 2009 9780230205482
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Paying particular attention to the representation of women and to gendered notions of the nation, this book examines for the first time the marked parallels between Rushdie's critique of the Nehruvian legacy and the most significant recent trends in Indian historiography, especially the feminist and subalternist movements.

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ISBN13:9780230205482
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Contents Acknowledgements Introduction A Biography of the Nation Wives, Widows, and Witches The New God-and-Mammon India Mother India The Idea of a Hybrid India Notes Bibliography Index

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