Roy / Adams / Steinmetz Beyond Belief

India and the Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8991-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

Reihe: Politics, History, and Culture

Examines the formation of the nation-state in postcolonial India, how it worked to create an identity for itself, to what extent it succeeded, and what may be the prospects for unity in a widely diverse country.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roy, Srirupa

Adams, Julia

Steinmetz, George

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments vii

Introduction. Imagining Institutions, Instituting Diversity: Toward a Theory of Nation-State Formation 1

1. Moving Pictures: The Films Division of India and the Visual Practices of the Nation-State 32

2. Marching in Time: Republic Day Parades and the Ritual Practices of the Nation-State 66

3. Indian Darkness: Science, Development, and the Needs Discourse of the Nation-State 105

4. Cities of Hope: Steel Townships and the Spatial Practices of the Nation-State 133

Conclusion. After Midnight 157

Notes 171

Bibliography 219

Index 237

Über Autor(innen)

Srirupa Roy is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a coeditor of Violence and Democracy in India.