Of Matters Modern: The Experience of Modernity in Colonial and Post-colonial South Asia (Paperback - 2008)
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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; the construction of Gandhari in Amar Chitra Katha, a comic strip series for children
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; the construction of Gandhari in Amar Chitra Katha, a comic strip series for children
ISBN13 | 9781905422623 |
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Product Name | Of Matters Modern: The Experience of Modernity in Colonial and Post-colonial South Asia (Paperback - 2008) |
Price | ₹595.00 |
Original Price | INR 595.00 |
Author | Debraj Bhattacharya |
Publisher | Seagull Books |
Publication Year | 2008 |
Subject | General Books |
Binding | Paperback |
Language | English |
Pages | 374 |
Weight | 0.636000 |
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