Of Matters Modern: The Experience of Modernity in Colonial and Post-colonial South Asia
Of Matters Modern: The Experience of Modernity in Colonial and Post-colonial South Asia
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Book Summary
Of matters Modern analyses the experience of modernity in South Asia. Arguing that South Asias experience of modernity has to be understood in a global context, the book explores a wide range of topics: the emergence of 'Assam Fever' in colonial discourse; an experiment with fusion music in early colonial India; The emergence of detective fiction in colonial Punjab; the search for authenticity among nationalist and post-colonial thinkers; the critique of the Bhadralok by a Bhadralok writer; the experience of modernity in Kolkata during early twentieth century; the emergence of a cosmopolitan 'underworld' in Kolkata during the nineteenth century; the Italian connections of a Bengali poet, Michael Madhusudan
ISBN-13
9781905422616
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Seagull Books
Publishing Date
2008-11-01
Product Edition
illustrated edition

Of Matters Modern: The Experience of Modernity in Colonial and Post-colonial South Asia

Seagull Books (Publisher)
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Book Summary
Of matters Modern analyses the experience of modernity in South Asia. Arguing that South Asias experience of modernity has to be understood in a global context, the book explores a wide range of topics: the emergence of 'Assam Fever' in colonial discourse; an experiment with fusion music in early colonial India; The emergence of detective fiction in colonial Punjab; the search for authenticity among nationalist and post-colonial thinkers; the critique of the Bhadralok by a Bhadralok writer; the experience of modernity in Kolkata during early twentieth century; the emergence of a cosmopolitan 'underworld' in Kolkata during the nineteenth century; the Italian connections of a Bengali poet, Michael Madhusudan
Book Specifications
ISBN-13
9781905422616
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Seagull Books
Publishing Date
2008-11-01
Product Edition
illustrated edition