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Autore |
Roy Srirupa |
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Titolo |
Beyond belief : India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism / / Srirupa Roy |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-92328-5 |
9786612923289 |
0-8223-8991-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Collana |
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Politics, history, and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nationalism - India - History |
Nation-state |
India Politics and government 1947- |
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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. [219]-235) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : Imagining institutions, instituting diversity : toward a theory of nation-state formation -- Moving pictures : the Films Division of India and the visual practices of the nation-state -- Marching in time : Republic Day parades and the ritual practices of the nation-state -- Indian darkness : science, development, and the needs discourse of the nation-state -- Cities of hope : steel townships and the spatial practices of the nation-state -- Conclusion : after midnight. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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