Unsettling Utopia : : The Making and Unmaking of French India / / Jessica Namakkal.
After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there remained five scattered territories governed by the French imperial state. It was not until 1962 that France fully relinquished control. Once decolonization took hold across the subcontinent, Western-led ashrams and utopian communitie...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Introduction. On Minor Borders and Colonial Time
- PART I. Making
- 1 Carceral Borders: Exile, Surveillance, and Subversion
- 2 The Future of French India: Decolonization and Settlement at the Borders
- 3 Making the Postcolonial Subject: Goondas, Refugees, and Citizens
- PART II. Unmaking
- 4 Decolonial Crossings: Settlers, Migrants, Tourists
- 5 From the Ashram to Auroville: Utopia as Settlement
- Conclusion. The Messiness of Colonialism
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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