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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810465703321

Autore

Roy Srirupa

Titolo

Beyond belief : India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism / / Srirupa Roy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-92328-5

9786612923289

0-8223-8991-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Politics, history, and culture

Disciplina

320.540954

Soggetti

Nationalism - India - History

Nation-state

India Politics and government 1947-

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. [219]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.