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Making India : colonialism, national culture, and the afterlife of Indian English authority / Makarand R. Paranjape.

By: Paranjape, Makarand R, 1960-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures: 2.Publisher: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013Description: xiii, 265 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789400746602 (hardback : acidfree paper); 9400746601 (hardback : acidfree paper); 9789400746619 (ebooki).Subject(s): Indic literature (English) -- History and criticism | Nationalism -- India -- History | English language -- India | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 | India -- Civilization -- British influences | India -- Social conditions | India -- Intellectual lifeDDC classification: 954.04 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction -- "Usable pasts": Rammohun Roy's occidentalism -- "East Indian" cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the birth of Indian modernity -- Michael Madhusudan Dutt: the prodigal's progress -- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: colonialism and national consciousness in Rajmohan's Wife -- Subjects to change: gender trouble and women's "authority" -- Representing Swami Vivekananda -- Sarojini Naidu: reclaiming a kinship -- "Home and the world": colonialism and alternativity in Tagore's India -- Sri Aurobindo and the renaissance in India -- The "persistent" Mahatma: rereading Gandhi Post-Hindutva -- Conclusion: usable pasts, possible futures.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- "Usable pasts": Rammohun Roy's occidentalism -- "East Indian" cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the birth of Indian modernity -- Michael Madhusudan Dutt: the prodigal's progress -- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: colonialism and national consciousness in Rajmohan's Wife -- Subjects to change: gender trouble and women's "authority" -- Representing Swami Vivekananda -- Sarojini Naidu: reclaiming a kinship -- "Home and the world": colonialism and alternativity in Tagore's India -- Sri Aurobindo and the renaissance in India -- The "persistent" Mahatma: rereading Gandhi Post-Hindutva -- Conclusion: usable pasts, possible futures.

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