Of Matters Modern: The Experience of Modernity in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia - Couverture rigide

Bhattacharya, Debraj

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 190542261X ISBN 13 : 9781905422616

Editeur : Seagull Books London Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

"Of Matters Modern" analyses the experience of modernity in South Asia. Arguing that South Asia's experience of modernity has to be understood in a global context, the book explores a wide range of topics: the emergence of 'Assam Fever' in colonial discourse; an experiment with fusion music in early colonial India; The emergence of detective fiction in colonial Punjab; the search for authenticity among nationalist and post-colonial thinkers; the critique of the "Bhadralok" by a "Bhadralok" writer; the experience of modernity in Kolkata during early twentieth century; the emergence of a cosmopolitan 'underworld' in Kolkata during the nineteenth century; the Italian connections of a Bengali poet, Michael Madhusudan Dutta; the ambivalence of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan; and, the construction of Gandhari in "Amar Chitra Katha", a comic strip series for children.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Debraj Bhattacharya is an independent researcher based in Kolkata and has published on the 'underworld' of Calcutta during the early Twentieth Century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190542261X
• ISBN 13: 9781905422616
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 402
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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