02852nam 2200673 a 450 991096187780332120260122211629.01-282-07827-597866120782790-253-11678-3(CKB)1000000000482644(EBL)328087(OCoLC)476125052(SSID)ssj0000123884(PQKBManifestationID)11147562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123884(PQKBWorkID)10014693(PQKB)10448649(OCoLC)191729561(MdBmJHUP)muse16770(Au-PeEL)EBL328087(CaPaEBR)ebr10209824(CaONFJC)MIL207827(MiAaPQ)EBC328087(EXLCZ)99100000000048264420061206d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClothing Gandhi's nation homespun and modern India /Lisa Trivedi1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20071 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34882-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-195) and index.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; INDEXIn 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 tSwadeshi movementHistoryKhadiPolitical aspectsHistoryKhadiEconomic aspectsHistoryKhadiSocial aspectsHistoryNationalismIndiaHistorySwadeshi movementHistory.KhadiPolitical aspectsHistory.KhadiEconomic aspectsHistory.KhadiSocial aspectsHistory.NationalismHistory.954.03/5Trivedi Lisa1889230MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961877803321Clothing Gandhi's nation4529382UNINA