Alternative Indias : : writing, nation and communalism / / edited by Peter Morey and Alex Tickell.
The debate over whether religious or secular identities provide the most viable model for a wider national identity has been a continuous feature of Indian politics from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Moreover, in the last thirty years the increasingly communal articulation of popul...
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| Superior document: | Cross/cultures : readings in post/colonial literatures in English, 82 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cross/cultures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 238 pages) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Peter MOREY and Alex TICKELL: Introduction
- Anshuman A. MONDAL: The Limits of Secularism and the Construction of Composite National Identity in India
- Alex TICKELL: The Discovery of Aryavarta: Hindu Nationalism and Early Indian Fiction in English
- Elleke BOEHMER: "First Realise Your Need": Manju Kapur's Erotic Nation
- Shirley CHEW: "Cutting Across Time": Memory, Narrative, and Identity in Shashi Deshpande's Small Remedies
- Amina YAQIN: The Communalization and Disintegration of Urdu in Anita Desai's In Custody
- Ashok BERY: "Reflexive Worlds": The Indias of A.K. Ramanujan
- Peter MOREY: Communalism, Corruption and Duty in Rohinton Mistry's Family Matters
- Sujala SINGH: The Routes of National Identity in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines
- Ralph J. CRANE: Inscribing a Sikh India: An Alternative Reading of Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan
- Sharmila SEN: No Passports, No Visas: The Line of Control Between India and Pakistan in Contemporary Bombay Cinema
- Afterword
- Contributors
- Index.