Beyond belief : India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism / / Srirupa Roy
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.540954 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nationalism - India - History |
| Nation-state | |
| Soggetto geografico: | India Politics and government 1947- |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Beyond belief |
| ISBN: | 1-282-92328-5 |
| 9786612923289 | |
| 0-8223-8991-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810465703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Politics, history, and culture.