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PROF Edward Simpson's Outputs (2)

Enacting nationalist history: Buildings, processions and sound in the making of a village in Central India (2013)
Journal Article
Sbriccoli, T., & Simpson, E. (2013). Enacting nationalist history: Buildings, processions and sound in the making of a village in Central India. Quaderni asiatici, 104, 13-44

In this paper we look at how some big ideas to do with nationalism and religion have been translated into the everyday spaces of a village in Central India over the last sixty years. This particular village was studied by Adrian Mayer in the 1950s an... Read More about Enacting nationalist history: Buildings, processions and sound in the making of a village in Central India.

The political biography of an earthquake: Aftermath and amnesia in Gujarat, India (2013)
Book
Simpson, E. (2013). The political biography of an earthquake: Aftermath and amnesia in Gujarat, India. Hurst and Co

For those so-minded, the aftermath of an earthquake presents opportunities to intervene. Thus, in Gujarat, following the disaster of 2001, leaders were deposed, proletariats created, religious fundamentalism incubated, the state restructured, and ind... Read More about The political biography of an earthquake: Aftermath and amnesia in Gujarat, India.