PROF Sanjay Srivastava ss204@soas.ac.uk
BA Global Research Professor
Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School
Srivastava, Sanjay
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Abstract
An interdisciplinary and engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence and unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Using the case study of the Doon School, a famous boarding school for boys, and one of the leading educational institutions in India, the author argues that to be post-colonial in India is to be modern, rational, secular and urban. In placing post-colonialism in this concrete social context, and analysing how it is constructed, the author renders a complex and often rather abstract subject accessible.
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Srivastava, S. (1998). Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203980279
Book Type | Authored Book |
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Publication Date | Oct 1, 1998 |
Deposit Date | Oct 11, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 11, 2022 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
ISBN | 9780415178556 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203980279 |
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