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9780816626878: Texts of Power: Emerging Disciplines in Colonial Bengal
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ISBN 10: 0816626871 ISBN 13: 9780816626878
Casa editrice: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 1995

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Bengal was the first "modern" province in India - the first, that is, to undergo a forced encounter with Western modernity. Beginning with this premise, the writers in Texts of Power consider what the case of Bengal says about the workings of Western modernity in a colonial setting.
A truly interdisciplinary effort, this collection probes questions of pedagogy, nationalism, and gender. Among the subjects explored are colonialist and nationalist surveillance of Bengali literature; the disposition of the nation's art; the politics of child rearing; the mapping of Calcutta; and the disciplining of historical memory. By applying the theoretical insights of recent historical and cultural studies to the specific circumstances of Bengal, the authors develop a new approach to Indian intellectual and cultural history. Their work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary intellectual modernity.

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Book by Chatterjee Partha

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Editore
Univ of Minnesota Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1995
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0816626871
ISBN 13 
9780816626878
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
232
Redattore
Chatterjee Partha
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