Clothing Gandhi's nation : homespun and modern India / / Lisa Trivedi
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| Autore: |
Trivedi Lisa
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| Titolo: |
Clothing Gandhi's nation : homespun and modern India / / Lisa Trivedi
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 954.03/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Swadeshi movement - History |
| Khadi - Political aspects - History | |
| Khadi - Economic aspects - History | |
| Khadi - Social aspects - History | |
| Nationalism - India - History | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Clothing Gandhi's nation |
| ISBN: | 1-282-07827-5 |
| 9786612078279 | |
| 0-253-11678-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809420403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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