The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India / / Marguerite Ross Barnett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Barnett, Marguerite Ross,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1845
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)

In this book Processor Barnett analyzes a successful political movement in South India that used cultural nationalism as a positive force for change. By exploring the history of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, the author provides a new perspective on political identity. In so doing, she challen...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Note on Transliteration
• Contents
• List of Tables, Figures, and Map
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• PART ONE. Origins of Tamil Nationalism
• 2. The Justice Party, the Non-Brahmin Movement, and Early Conceptions of Dravidian-ness
• 3. Developing the Politics of Radical Social Reform
• 4. The Dravida Kazhagam, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and Radical Politics in a Changing Political Arena
• PART TWO. The Politics of Emergent Nationalism
• 5. The DMK and Emergent Cultural Nationalism
• 6. Politics of the Loyal Opposition
• PART THREE. Elites, Masses, and Cultural Nationalism
• 7. Tamil Nationalism and the Political Culture of the Tamil Nadu "Common Man"
• 8. DMK Political Leadership: the Men behind Tamil Nationalism
• PART FOUR. Cultural Nationalism and Public Policy
• 9. The DMK in Power: Contradictions of Cultural Nationalism in the Annadurai Era
• 10. The DMK in Power: Contradictions of Cultural Nationalism in the Karunanidhi Era
• 11. Conclusion
• Appendix A. Communal Representation of Gazetted and Non- Gazetted Officers in Province of Madras
• Appendix B. Method for Sampling Party Leaders
• Appendix C. DMK Organization
• Appendix D. Questionnaire for Neighborhood Survey
• Bibliography
• Index