Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India /
Schwarz, Henry
Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India / Henry Schwarz. - Reprint 2016 - 1 online resource (202 p.) - Critical Histories .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Ruse of Progress -- 1. Liberal Nationalist Histories -- 2. Radical Nationalist Histories -- 3. Marxist/Materialist Histories -- 4. Transitions: Mediation and Irony -- 5. Subaltern Studies: Radical History in the Metaphoric Mode -- 6. Conclusion: Irony as Tragedy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Analyzes Indian cultural histories written between 1870 and the present. Focuses on English-language texts by Bengali historians on the subject of literature and culture, and compares Indian writing on cultural heritage to the dominant forms of European historiography prevalent during the colonial period.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812233735 9781512806458
10.9783/9781512806458 doi
Social change--India.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.
DS428
954
Writing Cultural History in Colonial and Postcolonial India / Henry Schwarz. - Reprint 2016 - 1 online resource (202 p.) - Critical Histories .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Ruse of Progress -- 1. Liberal Nationalist Histories -- 2. Radical Nationalist Histories -- 3. Marxist/Materialist Histories -- 4. Transitions: Mediation and Irony -- 5. Subaltern Studies: Radical History in the Metaphoric Mode -- 6. Conclusion: Irony as Tragedy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Analyzes Indian cultural histories written between 1870 and the present. Focuses on English-language texts by Bengali historians on the subject of literature and culture, and compares Indian writing on cultural heritage to the dominant forms of European historiography prevalent during the colonial period.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780812233735 9781512806458
10.9783/9781512806458 doi
Social change--India.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic.
DS428
954