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UNINA9910452455703321 |
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Autore |
Trivedi Lisa |
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Titolo |
Clothing Gandhi's nation [[electronic resource] ] : homespun and modern India / / Lisa Trivedi |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07827-5 |
9786612078279 |
0-253-11678-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Swadeshi movement - History |
Khadi - Political aspects - History |
Khadi - Economic aspects - History |
Khadi - Social aspects - History |
Nationalism - India - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-195) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. A POLITICS OF CONSUMPTIONS; 2. TECHNOLOGIES OF NATIONHOOD; 3. THE NATION CLOTHED; 4. RITUALS OF TIME; 5. INHABITING NATIONAL SPACE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Clothing Gandhi's Nation, Lisa Trivedi explores the making of one of modern India's most enduring political symbols, khadi: a homespun, home-woven cloth. The image of Mohandas K. Gandhi clothed simply in a loincloth and plying a spinning wheel is familiar around the world, as is the sight of Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and other political leaders dressed in ""Gandhi caps"" and khadi shirts. Less widely understood is how these images associate the wearers with the swadeshi movement -- which advocated t |
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