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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452455703321

Autore

Trivedi Lisa

Titolo

Clothing Gandhi's nation [[electronic resource] ] : homespun and modern India / / Lisa Trivedi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-07827-5

9786612078279

0-253-11678-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

954.03/5

Soggetti

Swadeshi movement - History

Khadi - Political aspects - History

Khadi - Economic aspects - History

Khadi - Social aspects - History

Nationalism - India - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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